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Military service
Service number:
192442
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
August 15, 1896
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Frank Beddow
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 487 of 724. -
Newspaper Obituary
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Montage
The Church of the Redeemer (Anglican), Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario. Two World War One memorial plaques are located in the west transept next to War Memorial stained glass windows (1920). -
Photo of Frank Beddow
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Flashes 15th Bn memorial Project submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Beddow was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of FRANK BEDDOW
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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) -
British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Roll of Honour
Frank Beddow, British home child -
Memorial
Frank Beddow, British home child -
Document
Frank Beddow British home child
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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