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Military service
Service number:
675273
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
May 25, 1897
Death:
August 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Sarah Jeavons, late of 56, Grantham Rd., Smethwick, Birmingham, England; husband of Edith E. Jeavons, of "Elgin," Grimes Hill, Wythall, Birmingham, England.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
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Photo of Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Private ALFRED LEONARD JEAVONS is commemorated on this panel on the war memorial in Stratford, Ontario. He died on August 17, 1917, and has no known grave. His name appears on the VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France, one of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France. -
Document
Attestation Paper 1 Source: Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War - CEF -
Document
Attestation Paper 2 Source: Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War - CEF -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Leonard Jeavons
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 263 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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