Private Edwin Keen
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1872-05-25
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Ruth Keen (wife,) 25 Goodwood Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Bricklayer
Occupation (normalized): Bricklayer (Construction)
Address:
25 Goodwood Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), I. G. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 799423
Highest Rank:
Private
(15th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 15th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 134th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-01-19 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 297231
LAC ID:
490113
Service file: B5027-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Son of George and Sarah Keen, of Stewkley, Bucks, England; husband of Mrs. R. Keen, of Newtonbrook, Ontario.
A second Circumstances of Casualty form gives his surname as Keon, and reports the was Killed in Action durng "Attack at Thelus." This form has a handwritten notation "Cancelled see sheet for Keen"
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Not Specified Army Canadian Infantry 134th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-31