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Military service
Service number:
1229
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
July 22, 1874
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
September 21, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 25, 1915
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Frith of Talford, Manchester, England. Brother of Pte Walter J. Frith, 15th Battalion, died of wounds 26 April 1915.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Frith
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Frith
Digital gallery of
Private William Frith
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