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Military service
Service number:
799735
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Louisa Twigg, of 7, Mountalan Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Axley Twigg
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In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Family Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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) -
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Pte Twigg was originally a member of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) before being sent as a reinforcement to the 4th Battalion. Submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Axley Twigg
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Axley Twigg
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Axley Twigg
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Axley Twigg
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Axley Twigg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 515 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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