Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Edmund William Russell
In memory of:
Rifleman Edmund William Russell
January 16, 1943
Military Service
B/63689
37
Army
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
Son of Benjamin and Ellen Russell, of Toronto; Husband of Edith Russell, also of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 209 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada
Naval and Mil. Plot. Sec. 1. Grave 416.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Edmund William Russell – Rifleman Russell enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles upon the unit's mobilization in June, 1940. He served with the Regt in Newfoundland and New Brunswick in Charlie Coy (OC's batman) but was returned to the Reserve Battalion in Toronto as medically unfit when the QOR departed for England. -
Details
Gravemarker – Padre Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Russell's gravemarker in May 1997.
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