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Military service
Service number:
466985
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
September 16, 1879
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Harry and Sarah Short, of 6, Richmond Terrace, Clapham Rd., London, England; husband of Annie A. Short, of 9344, 103rd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private William Ward Short
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private William Ward Short
Digital gallery of
Private William Ward Short
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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