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Military service
Service number:
844356
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
March 30, 1894
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Thomas George and Edith Augustine Edwards.
Digital gallery of Private George Edwards
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death
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Monument
George Edwards British home child -
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George Edwards British home child -
Monument
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George Edwards British home child
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Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private George Edwards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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