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Military service
Service number:
402060
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"D" Coy. 18th Bn.
Birth:
December 29, 1893
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 11, 1915
Galt, Ontario
Death:
April 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. N. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Drew, of Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Henry Drew
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Monument in honour of the men from Lodge Royal Oak No. 26 of the Sons of England Benefit Society, Galt (Cambridge), Ontario. Honours the eleven local members who died in World War One. Erected in Mount View Cemetery on August 24th, 1919. Location: 80 Blenheim Road, Cambridge, Ontario. Dedication: ERECTED BY LODGE ROYAL OAK NO. 26 / SONS OF ENGLAND SOCIETY / AS A TRIBUTE / OUR FALLEN BRETHREN. M. I. Pirie, private collection. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 901 of 1076. -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alfred Henry Drew
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Henry Drew
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Henry Drew
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Henry Drew
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Henry Drew
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Henry Drew
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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