Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 529 of 1058.

Newspaper clipping – From the Kingston Daily Standard c1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Edward John Barry – This is 8063 Private Edward John Barry, E Company 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry. The picture was taken at Bustard Camp, England,- Winter of 1914. Uncle Edward was wounded and taken prisoner 24 april 1915, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and died of wounds, 01 May 1915, in a German field hospital, Stadenberg, Belgium. He was one of ten Canadian soldiers disinterred from the German Staden Feld Lazaret (Field Hospital) Cemetery and re-interred in Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium. Plot LXVI Row D Grave 9. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We Will Remember Them. Did they beat the drum slowly? Did they sound the fife lowly? Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered you down? Did the bugle sing 'The Last Post' in chorus? Did the pipes play 'The Flowers o' the Forest'? `The Green Fields of France' by Eric Bogle

Memorial Plaque – Memorial Plaque or Dead Man's Penny

Book of Remembrance Page

Grave marker – Edward John Barry's Gravestone in Tyne Cot Cemetery

Attestation Papers – Attestation Paper

Attestation Paper

War Diary – 24 April 1915, 2nd Battalion War Diary Page. Edward was wounded and taken prisoner during the retirement on this date .

Cemetery Plans – Plan of Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Belgium.

Book Of Remembrance – Introduction to the 1st Book Of Remembrance

Badge – Unknown badge commemorating the 2nd Battle of Ypres April 1915

Casualty Report

Letter – Letter from House of Commons

Cemetery

Grave Marker