Military service
Service number:
7640
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
November 7, 1914
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth Duncan, of Malin, Co. Donegal; husband of Martha Duncan, of 509, Home St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William Duncan
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Photo of WILLIAM DUNCAN
1911. William Duncan. Taken in Winnipeg Manitoba. -
Newspaper clipping
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD 18 DECEMBER 1914 -
Cemetery
William DUNCAN is remembered on a family headstone in the graveyard at Malin Presbyterian Church, on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland. In the distance, across Trawbreaga Bay, can be seen the twin hills of Coolcross and Crockaughrim. -
Grave Marker
William DUNCAN is remembered on a family headstone in the graveyard at Malin Presbyterian Church, on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of Loyal Orange Lodge 325 Winnipeg and is noted on their website as "believed to be the 1st Orangeman from Canada to die in the Great War". -
Grave Marker
William DUNCAN is remembered on a family headstone in the graveyard at Malin Presbyterian Church, on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of Loyal Orange Lodge 325 Winnipeg and is noted on their website as "believed to be the 1st Orangeman from Canada to die in the Great War". -
Memorial
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Memorial Inscription
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Inscription
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 565 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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