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Military service
Service number:
687879
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
April 26, 1880
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Enlistment:
March 7, 1916
Kamloops, British Columbia
Death:
March 1, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 18.
Additional information
Son of the late Robert and Helen Taylor Waddel, of Leith, Scotland.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Waddel
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Waddel
Digital gallery of
Private William Waddel
Digital gallery of
Private William Waddel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 343 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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