Military service
Service number:
802835
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn
Birth:
January 7, 1898
Oneida, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 28, 1916
Muncey, Ontario
Death:
August 17, 1917
Lens, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Wilson and Christina George, of Southwold, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Wellington George
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Photo of Wellington George
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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) -
Circumstances of death
Digital gallery of
Private Wellington George
Digital gallery of
Private Wellington George
Digital gallery of
Private Wellington George
Digital gallery of
Private Wellington George
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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