Person:Edward Eland (1)

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Edward Laws Eland
b.17 Jan 1887 Sutton, BROME, QC, CAN
d.3 Apr 1918 Europe
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  1. Edward Laws Eland1887 - 1918
  2. Frederick ElandAbt 1889 -
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Name Edward Laws Eland
Gender Male
Birth? 17 Jan 1887 Sutton, BROME, QC, CAN
Death? 3 Apr 1918 EuropeCause: Killed in action.

1891 Census (2174): Sutton, BROME, QC, 4, QC, QC, QC.

1901 Census (2186): Sutton, BROME, QC, 14 Jan 1887, 14, Qc.

1915 Attestation Paper (2186): Edward Laws Eland, farmer, of Warren, Manitoba, b. 17 January 1887 in Sutton, QC, Mother Evelyn D. Eland Eland, Edward Laws, 859381, Private (1887-1918) Edward Laws Eland was born on 17 January 1887 at Sutton, Brome County, Quebec, son of the Rev. Thomas Laws and Mrs. Evelyn D. Eland. He enlisted in the 179th Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) at Winnipeg on 24 November 1915, at which time he was working as a farmer at Warren, Manitoba, and listed his next-of-kin as his widowed mother, then living at Sutton, Quebec. He stated that he was an active member of the 79th Regiment Militia. Private E.L. Eland was killed on 3 April 1918. According to the War Diary entry for that day, "«i»Privates PUDDLE & ELAND were hit by enemy H.E. shell when working improving the trench«/i»." His name is commemmorated on the Vimy Memorial.

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