Cecil was a veteran of World War One, and served as Non commissioned officer. He was sent to France, and three months before his 21st birthday he died of wounds received in action.
Before enlisting he was a star Rugby player on the Malvern Avenue Collegiate Rugby team. His funeral was with full military honors under the auspices of the Artillery Service branch of the Department of Militia Dominion of Canada. He was buried in the old Annis cemetery at Washington Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the only occasion when guns sounded in that sacred spot.
Lance Corporal, Serial No. 404007, 35th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Before enlisting he was a star Rugby player on the Malvern Avenue Collegiate Rugby team. His funeral was with full military honors under the auspices of the Artillery Service branch of the Department of Militia Dominion of Canada. He was buried in the old Annis cemetery at Washington Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the only occasion when guns sounded in that sacred spot.
Lance Corporal, Serial No. 404007, 35th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Cecil was a veteran of World War One, and served as Non commissioned officer. He was sent to France, and three months before his 21st birthday he died of wounds received in action.
Before enlisting he was a star Rugby player on the Malvern Avenue Collegiate Rugby team. His funeral was with full military honors under the auspices of the Artillery Service branch of the Department of Militia Dominion of Canada. He was buried in the old Annis cemetery at Washington Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the only occasion when guns sounded in that sacred spot.
Lance Corporal, Serial No. 404007, 35th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Before enlisting he was a star Rugby player on the Malvern Avenue Collegiate Rugby team. His funeral was with full military honors under the auspices of the Artillery Service branch of the Department of Militia Dominion of Canada. He was buried in the old Annis cemetery at Washington Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the only occasion when guns sounded in that sacred spot.
Lance Corporal, Serial No. 404007, 35th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Cecil Annis son of Levi G. & Annie Annis died of war wounds, Sep. 20, 1918 in his 22nd year
"He saved others, himself he could not save"
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