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Military service
Service number:
426323
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Battalion
Birth:
November 25, 1884
Death:
February 19, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 21.
Digital gallery of Private Edwin Gard
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Edwin et Minnie Gard
Edwin Gard with wife Minnie Gard (née Harding) and son Fred on knee. Fred Gard saw action with the Essex Scottish of Windsor, Ontario in Europe during the Second World War.<br>Photograph taken in Moosejaw Saskatchewan circa 1914. -
Photo de Edwin Gard
Edwin Gard (furthest to the right, back row) was Killed in Action on February 19,1917. <br>On the morning of February 19th the 47th Battalion "put on a show." which unfortunately drew heavy retaliation from the Germans in the form of mortars and shrapnel shells causing the 46th Battalion to suffer several casualties. Among these casualties were Edwin Gard and his brother Walter who was by his side at the time of the action. Edwin was killed instantly and Walter suffered the loss of one of his legs. This particular action took place in the Sector on Chateau-de-la-Haie, on the road from Gouy-Ervins to Villers-au-Bois, 4 to 5 kilometers west of Vimy Ridge where Canadians would make themselves famous two months later. <br>Source: Directorate of History National Defence -
Photo de la famille de Edwin Gard
Minne Gard with two of Edwin's children Jean and Fred.<br>Photo taken circa 1916. -
Jean et Raymond Gard
Jean Edwina and Raymond Ernest Gard.<br>Picture taken in the city of Toronto, circa 1920 -
Edwin et Walter Gard
Edwin Gard (standing) with his younger brother Walter (seated). <br>Picture taken at Bramshott camp England, circa 1915-1916 -
Photo de la compagnie C du 46e Bataillon
Photograph of "C" company, 46th Battalion. Private Edwin Gard is the 5th soldier in from the right. Picture taken at Camp Sewel, Manitoba in the Summer of 1915. -
Pierre Tombale
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Médailles
British War Medal and Victory Medal to Pte Edwin Gard - Killed In Action on 19 Feb 1917. The 46th Can Inf Bn had conducted a very successful trench raid on that date, however they suffered two dead in the effort or in the retaliatory shelling which followed. Edwin Gard was one of those killed.
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Gard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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