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Son of Martin Walter and Ambrosia Pettitt; husband of Violet Annie Pettitt, of Brighton, England. Born at Eastbourne.
Digital gallery of Sapper Martin Walter Pettitt
Digital gallery of
Sapper Martin Walter Pettitt
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Martin Walter Pettitt
Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial.
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Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
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Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas de Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 direction Amiens, turn immediately right onto the RD7, signpost indicates the GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY at this junction. After 500 metres turn left at junction onto RD29, signpost indicates cemetery which is on the right after a further 500 metres.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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