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In memory of:

Sergeant Walter Edwin Stanborough

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Military service

Service number: 254
Age: 38
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth: November 9, 1879 London, England
Enlistment: August 28, 1914 Ottawa, Ontario
Death: November 16, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Walter and Annie Stanborough. Husband of Ethel Gager (formerly Stanborough), of Twickenham, Middlesex, England. Brother of Dorothy.
Additional citations

Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette 29824, dated 14 November 1916 "For conspicious gallantry during an attack when without hesitation and at great personal rish, L/Sgt Stanborough rushed to the assistance of an officer who had suddenly come upon an enemy party thereby capturing many prisoners and taking the enemy position without loss of life". Mentioned in despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 331 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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