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Military service
Service number:
404989
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
May 18, 1889
Death:
June 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1860.
Additional information
Son of George and Sarah Arrowsmith, of 67, Church St., Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Frederick Arrowsmith
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Photo of William Frederick Arrowsmith
William Frederick Arrowsmith born in Fenton, Stoke on rent, England. Emigrated to Canada in 1912, enlisted with Canadian Expeditionary Force on 30 June 1915, injured at Vimy, transported to Readion War Hospital, England where he died of his wounds. Buried in Fenton Cemetery, his home town. -
Memorial Plaque
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Photo of William Frederick Arrowsmith
Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
His Grave in Fenton Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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STOKE-ON-TRENT (FENTON) CEMETERY Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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