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Military service
Service number:
17048
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1885
Death:
February 28, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 6. 14.
Additional information
Son of Jesse Quinton, of 58, Bury St., Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; husband of Florence May Elderson (formerly Quinton), of 2320, Barnard St., Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.
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Grave Marker
Grave of 17048 Pvt. Edward Quinton who served with the 7th Battn. C.E.F. Born in the city of Needham Market in Suffolk England on Nov. 1st 1895. Husband of Florence May Quinton, Edward enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 23rd 1914, he listed his occupation as "Locomotive fireman" Edward died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish flu on Feb. 28th 1919 at the age of 33. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 17048 Pvt. Edward Quinton was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 17048 Pvt. Edward Quinton was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Private Edward Quinton
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Quinton
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Quinton
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Commemorated on:
Page 541 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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