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Military service
Service number:
132173
Age:
37
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 73rd Bn.
Birth:
April 28, 1879
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Edward H. and Catherine Prew, of Wortley, Yorkshire, England; husband of H. Hopton Prew, of 697, Godin Avenue, Verdun, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Harry Prew
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Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 25. B Company. No. 7 Platoon.
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Attestation Papers
Source Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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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) -
Vimy 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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Prew
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Prew
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Prew
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Prew
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Prew
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 311 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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