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Military service
Service number:
211173
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
December 2, 1877
Enlistment:
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Death:
October 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Charles and Annie Barton, of Fryman Man Farm, Peasmash, Sussex, England; husband of Emily Barton, of 862, Huron St., Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Edward James Barton
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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