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Soldiers of the First World War - CEF

Renfrew, Ontario

First World War Cenothaph in Renfrew, Ontario

First World War Cenothaph
in Renfrew, Ontario

During the summer of 1996, students from the Renfrew area digitized over 50,000 pages of Attestation papers at the Library and Archives Canada building in Renfrew, Ontario. This project was part of the SchoolNet Digital Collections Program supported by Industry Canada and the Library and Archives Canada.

As a tribute to the many residents from the town of Renfrew who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, many of whom lost their lives during the war, the Attestation papers of the following soldiers have been scanned:

Name Regimental
Number
Rank Date of birth
DD/MM/YYYY
AIRTH, ROBERT ROY5900416/01/1896
ANDERSON, ALFRED WILLIAM788564LT03/03/1893
ANDERSON, ROBERT V.59013, 119705/04/1884
BENNETT, DONALD841522/06/YYYY
BREMNER, FERGUSON841814/04/1881
BREMNER, MICHAEL A.43739225/11/1884
BRISCOE, THOMAS CLIFFORD788520SGT17/08/1895
CULLEN, FELIX5559415/06/1889
DEMPSAY, NELSON HARDY8429, 25113/02/1896
DEMPSEY, SAMUEL JOHN527942, A107722CP31/03/1894
DOYLE, JOSEPH ROBERT305547016/05/1896
DUPUIS, GEORGE P.59280, 41918/02/1895
FREEMARK, PHILIP JAMES47426004/11/1894
FROOD, CLARENCE BOYD11323007/10/1893
FROOD, LORN V.844225/12/1892
GRAHAM, DUNCAN WILLIAM47526121/04/1891
HARTY, JAMES844908/05/YYYY
HASTINGS, JOHN845028/05/YYYY
HENDRY, ARTHUR LESLIE34393809/04/1896
HICKEY, COLLIN5946228/07/1896
LACEY, JAMES40536, 1192CPL01/07/1895
LAPLANTE, JOSEPH101354415/07/1885
LAPLANTE, JOSEPH332856215/07/1887
LAPOINTE, DELPHISE59568, 135424/12/1889
LETERSKI, JOHN L.78851028/03/1895
MACINTYRE, GUY BARR10442912/03/1890
MACKAY, WILLIAM ALLAN CAMERON848011/07/YYYY
MAIN, GORDON HAROLD47533310/08/1895
MCARTHUR, CLIFFORD GEORGE10019223/11/1891
MCGOWAN, THOMAS JOHN41055320/11/1892
MCGOWAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS305637203/03/1895
MCINTYRE, BERNARD SHIELDS78794021/04/1898
MCINTYRE, FRANCIS JEROME78852426/07/1893
MCINTYRE, HARRY78852224/04/1897
MCKINNON, IAN LAUGHLIN788572LT20/11/1895
MCLAREN, GEORGE ALEXANDER4020253, 305525320/08/1897
MORROW, DOUGLAS13316112/10/1896
MUIRHEAD, MACKIE BARR132143SGT28/04/1895
NARLOCK, MICHAEL8487, 73610/08/YYYY
PORTES, CHARLES L.78859711/10/1897
QUILTY, JOSEPH46662504/04/1890
REID, CHARLES MCKILLOP911330LT10/04/1883
RYAN, JOHN ARTHUR62426304/07/1887
SCOTT, WILLIAM BASIL43752526/02/1879
SHIELDS, ALEX104279001/03/1896
SIBARY, CLARENCE JAMES47602023/09/1894
SMITH, ALLEN LLOYD43785811/03/1892
SMITH, WALTER WILLIAM76910930/05/1896
ST DENIS, JOSEPH332022030/04/1895
STEWART, WILLIAM JAMES666LCP09/02/1891
TOMLINSON, ARTHUR F.59992LCP09/02/1893
TROY, JOHN8585, 100130/05/YYYY
WALKER, THOMAS SAM78860226/01/1898
WIGHT, SAMUEL14451510/02/1897
WIGHT, WILLIAM JAMES21980409/04/1892