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Édouard Drolet
In memory of:
Private Édouard Drolet
July 22, 1915
Monks Horton, Kent, United Kingdom
Military Service
61584
35
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
January 7, 1880
Québec (St-Jean-Baptiste), Quebec
April 13, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Édouard-Narcisse Drolet. Son of Marie-Henriette Légaré (deceased in 1883) and Augustin Drolet (remarried to Emma-Mathilde Légaré in 1885), of Québec (St-Jean-Baptiste), Québec. Married to Ida Guertin in 1910, of Helena, Montana. He stated being single when he enlisted.
He was stationed with his unit in East Sandling Camp, Kent, England, and he died of cardiac failure during a route march on the Monks Horton road. His death was pronounced at the Shorncliffe Military Hospital.
Commemorated on Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY
Kent, United Kingdom
C. 118.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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