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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
1st Field Coy.
Birth:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 28.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Plimsoll Edwards and Emily Susan Edwards, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
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Mémorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. <P> 829 Lieut Joseph Plimsoll Edwards (RMC 1912) was the son of Joseph Plimsoll Edwards and Emily Susan Edwards, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Canadian Engineers 1st Field Coy. He died on April 28, 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. -
Mémorial
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 829 Lieut Joseph Plimsoll Edwards (RMC 1912) was the son of Joseph Plimsoll Edwards and Emily Susan Edwards, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Canadian Engineers 1st Field Coy. He was killed in action on April 28, 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: Jim Pedersen / Steve Rogers -
Mémorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Mémorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Mémorial
Memorial doll, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Photo de JOSEPH PLIMSOLL EDWARDS
Joseph Plimsoll Edwards in a formal portrait taken before he went overseas. -
Photo de JOSEPH PLIMSOLL EDWARDS
Joseph Plimsoll Edwards in uniform before being sent overseas. -
Photo de JOSEPH PLIMSOLL EDWARDS
This is a photo taken of Joseph Plimsoll Edwards when he was an RMC cadet. -
Photo de JOSEPH PLIMSOLL EDWARDS
This photo shows Joseph Plimsoll Edwards, seated, in his uniform. His younger brother, John Crispo Inglis Edwards, a naval cadet in the second class of the Royal Naval College of Canada is standing. John survived the war and served his country for 39 years with distinction. -
Coupure de presse
From the Halifax Evening Mail May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Plimsoll Edwards
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Commemorated on:
Page 233 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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