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Military service
Service number:
237782
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
November 19, 1883
Death:
August 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert and Rose A. Gedge, of Leeds, England; husband of Bella McArdle Gedge, of 117, Robinson St., Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Herbert Gedge
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Memorial Plaque
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Toronto Battalion Memorial Plaque
Herbert Gedge is remembered on this Memorial Plaque for the Third Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment. His service number reflects the series assigned to the Third Battalion, his battalion at the time of his attestation. -
Press Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Toronto's Old City Hall
The WWI memorial plaques for the 204th (Beavers) and the Toronto Street Railway employees are located through the doors shown in this photo of Old City Hall, Toronto Ontario. Pte. Gedge's name is included on both of these memorials. -
Inscription
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) -
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 -
Family Photo
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Gedge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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