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Edward Atfield

Edward Atfield
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270635
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
2 Campbell Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
2 Campbell Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Moulder
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
22

Letters and documents

BX June 24, 1965

Edward G. Atfield

Edward George Atfield, of 216 ½ Marlborough Street, died Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Hospital.  He was born in Brantford and had been a life-long resident here.  Mr. Atfield was a moulder and had been employed with the Buck Stove Works and Hartley Foundry, retiring about 20 years ago.  He served overseas in the First World War, leaving Canada with the 215th Battalion and served in France with the 38th Battalion.  Surviving besides his wife, the former Etta Curley, are five sons, Edward of Brantford, Lloyd of Goderich, William and Malcolm, both of Brantford, David of London; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Phyllis) Turton, Mrs. Bruce (Mary) Frey, both of Brantford; two sisters, Mrs. Benjamin Near and Mrs. Leo Kebedian, both of Dresden; 19 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.  Mr. Atfield is at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home for requiem mass in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at 10 a.m.  Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

 

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