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Military service
Service number:
55173
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
April 21, 1891
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 23.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Alice Conroy, of Chorley, Lancs., England.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Conroy
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Memorial
Edward Conroy's father and mother, John and Alice, were living at 22 Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, England. His name is also remembered on the memorial at St Mary's Church on Market Street, Chorley. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
The following group portrait of No. 2 Section, B Company, 19th Battalion C.E.F. appeared in the Toronto Star on January 19th, 1915. Pte. Edward Conroy was born in Dudley, Staffordshire, England. He enlisted in Toronto on November 10th, 1914. In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of EDWARD CONROY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of EDWARD CONROY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 75 of 818.
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Private Edward Conroy
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Private Edward Conroy
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Private Edward Conroy
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Conroy
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Conroy
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Conroy
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Conroy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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