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Military service
Service number:
602924
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
December 27, 1879
Enlistment:
Paisley, Ontario
Death:
September 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Private Frederick Courtnell
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Southampton Cenotaph
Frederick Courtnell was born in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England on December 27th, 1879. His prior military experience included 12 years in the 2nd Norfolk Regiment in England and active service in the South African war. He enlisted in the CEF on August 16th, 1915 in Paisley, Bruce County, Ontario. He is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph which includes plaques with names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002. -
Inscription
Private Courtnell's name is included on the World War I Plaque on the War Cenotaph in Southampton, Ontario, Canada. -
Memorial
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Courtnell
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Courtnell
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Courtnell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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