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Military service
Service number:
916306
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
April 9, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 74.
Digital gallery of Private William Cantwell
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Memorial
Pte. William Cantwell's name is listed on this bronze memorial designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 89 of 1004. -
Photo of WILLIAM CANTWELL
In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Cantwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cantwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cantwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cantwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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