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Spouse of Mrs. W. Fitzgerald of Montreal, Québec.
Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
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Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 30. 'C' Company. No. 10 Platoon.
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Attestation Paper
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Attestation Paper
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
CSM William Fitzgerald, DCM was killed in France while serving with the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Here is an excerpt from the War Diary of the 42nd Battalion for the period in which CSM Fitzgerald was killed. All of the 42nd's fatal casualties during this period were apparently caused by enemy shell fire.
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Notice of the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) to Company Sergeant-Major William Fitzgerald of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada). This notice appeared on August 14, 1917, in the Fourth Supplement (No. 30234) to the London Gazette, at page 8414.
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
Honour roll – Eugene Bourgoin's War memorial tablet bas relief, "Our members and everyone who lost their lives in the Great War", photo from in the McCord Museum
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Company Sergeant Major William Fitzgerald
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 30. 'C' Company. No. 10 Platoon.
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Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
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Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
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Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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CSM William Fitzgerald, DCM was killed in France while serving with the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Here is an excerpt from the War Diary of the 42nd Battalion for the period in which CSM Fitzgerald was killed. All of the 42nd's fatal casualties during this period were apparently caused by enemy shell fire.
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Notice of the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) to Company Sergeant-Major William Fitzgerald of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada). This notice appeared on August 14, 1917, in the Fourth Supplement (No. 30234) to the London Gazette, at page 8414.
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Honour roll – Eugene Bourgoin's War memorial tablet bas relief, "Our members and everyone who lost their lives in the Great War", photo from in the McCord Museum
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From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 237 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915.
Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
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