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- EDWARDS, Percy: regimental number 643874, enlisted in the 157(Simcoe Foresters), January 26, 1916, along with his twin brother Roy, he was later transferred to the 76th, then to the 21st. He was single, 19, a Mill Setter, living in Orillia. Born in Washago, in 1896, he was raised in Rama, (Longford), Front Range, lot 23, a son of Edward Edwards & Alice Belinda Howe. While with the 21st Battalion, Private Edwards, was killed in action, September 15, 1916, in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, (first use of tanks). His name is engraved on a panel in the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Posted on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.-- A Plaque in St. Paul's Church, Washago, reads: 'To the Glory of God and in proud and loving memory of Percy Edwards, Roy Hawkins, Albert Rennie who laid down their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918. Their names shall live forevermore'
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