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Edward Arthur Vowell

In memory of:

Corporal Edward Arthur Vowell

September 15, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

430758

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Pioneers

Division:

3rd Battalion

Citation(s):

Military Medal, London Gazette No. 29805, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

December 14, 1892
London, England

Enlistment:

March 18, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Arthur of Ealing, London West, England and Jane Vowell of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 177 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. P. 1.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y248uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y248uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of EDWARD ARTHUR VOWELL– From the Daily Colonist of September 27, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y249uvic/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Photo of EDWARD ARTHUR VOWELL
    Photo of EDWARD ARTHUR VOWELL – From the Daily Colonist of September 27, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y249uvic/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of December 5, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y308uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of December 5, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y308uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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