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Military service
Service number:
540001
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1893
Death:
August 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Louisa I. Townsend, of 243, High Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and the late Thomas Robert Townsend.
Digital gallery of Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Commemorative Plaque
Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario -
High Park Methodist Church
1914 - 1918 Memorial Plaque for High Park Methodist Church, 260 High Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The Memorial Plaque was unveiled in 1924 by Nursing Sister Pat Tuckett, and a Memorial Organ was presented by the Women's Association. Those who died (38 names) are listed on the centre panel with the names of those who served on the side panels. The first services at this location were held in October 1908. The church became High Park Avenue United Church in 1925, and High Park-Alhambra in 1970. -
Newspaper clipping
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Robert Townsend
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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