Snow, Cecil Henry: Service no. 189871

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Source: Post of image by Dawn Heuston at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.

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Family Search: When Private Cecil Henry Snow was born on 23 January 1896, in Harwich, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Harrison Snow, was 37 and his mother, Ellen May Waddell, was 39. He married Marjorie Evangeline Lawton on 31 August 1921, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada, in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as a student in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 April 1923, in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 27, and was buried in Blenheim, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

Gathering Our Heroes

HUNDREDS ATTEND BLENHEIM FUNERAL

Cecil Snow, War Veteran, Buried By Former Comrades


Blenheim, April 20.—An impressive funeral service was held here yesterday afternoon for the late Cecil Snow, a veteran of the Great War. The service in the Presbyterian church and at the graveside was in charge of the militia, for which returned comrades of the dead soldier turned out in great numbers.

The sermon was preached by Rev. (Capt.) D. H. Marshall, of Chatham, who spoke affectionately of the departed and of the great aftermath of broken health to soldiers sustained through life in the trenches. He spoke reproachfully of those who made a cry of “Forget the war,” when they knew there were millions who made sacrifices that will forever prevent them from forgetting.

The pallbearers were six returned comrades: D. H. Laird, Roy Gray, Harry Pegg, W. Stewart, Thomas Nichol, and Joseph Graham. The veterans, including the firing of 10 rifles, were under direction of Peter Ryan.

The Kent Regiment was represented by Major Foubister and D. Atwell, and C. Humphreys; and Lieut. T. E. Cottier represented the old 186th Battalion. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen here, close to 2,000 people witnessing the burial.

The Windsor Star. 20 April 1923. Page 7.

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