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Son of Timothy and Florence Dailey, of Gananoque, Ontario.
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Private William Edward Dailey
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P>
Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P>
Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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Private William Edward Dailey
William Dailey is honoured on page 38 and 39 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Private William Edward Dailey
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Private William Edward Dailey
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Private William Edward Dailey
Photo of William Edward Dailey ca 1904/5.
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Private William Edward Dailey
Pte William Edward Dailey, age 15,
killed by German sniper 7 September 1916.
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Private William Edward Dailey
Grave Marker for Pte William Dailey, age 15,
inscribed "Mother's Darling".
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Private William Edward Dailey
William in London.
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Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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William Dailey is honoured on page 38 and 39 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Photo of William Edward Dailey ca 1904/5.
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Pte William Edward Dailey, age 15, killed by German sniper 7 September 1916.
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Grave Marker for Pte William Dailey, age 15, inscribed "Mother's Darling".
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William in London.
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Commemorated on:
Page 74 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON Somme, France
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
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