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Military service
Service number:
419092
Age:
30
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mrs. A. J. Caldwell, of 377, Jeanne Mance St., Montreal, P.Q.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
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Photo of George Washington Caldwell
Photo of George Washington Caldwell, born July 4th 1886 in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. When he learned that his kid brother Wesley was about to enrol in the Canadian Army, he left the USA to enrol also. George was in the trenches in Belgium when Wesley was shot to the head, the bullet going through his helmet. He died instantly next to George. George was killed 6 months later in France, meanwhile he had been promoted Lance Serjeant. -
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Group photo
Photo: part of the 42 nd Black Watch Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Québec Regiment). Brothers Wesley and George Washington Caldwell belonged to that Regiment. Wesley was killed in the trenches of Belgium at age 22 close by to his brother George. George was killed in France 6 months later at age 30. -
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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From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant George Washington Caldwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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