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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
63385
Age:
37
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1879
Birmingham, England
Enlistment:
October 30, 1914
Montreal, Québec
Death:
May 3, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Greenway; husband of Sarah Ann Greenway, of Verdun, Quebec.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
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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) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of EDWARD GREENWAY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Edward Greenway
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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