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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
77148
Age:
40
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
August 6, 1877
Glasbury on Wye, South Wales, England
Enlistment:
November 11, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1917
Hill 70, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edward and Martha Lane, of Pencommon, Brecknockshire, Wales.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Edward Lane
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Attestation Paper
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Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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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)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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