Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 32

W ORLD W AR O NE (1914 - 1918) INCLUDING THOSE WHO DIED LATER AS A RESULT OF THIS WAR

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name EDMUND BONAR DEANE (Pte)

Arrive SES 1883

Lef SES 1885

Roll Number 537 Died 03:06:1916

Set / House -

Where MONT SORREL, YPRES, BELGIUM Serving with ALBERTA REGIMENT OF CANADA

Age 47

Buried Perth Cemetery, China Wall, Zillbeke, Ypres, Belgium Remembered Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial, The St. Edward’s School Chapel (Wooden Plague) and The Cloisters Stone Memorial

Eldest son of a clergyman, born in Madras, India in 1869, his time at SES was a short one and no records survive, except that he was in the Shell Form, Upper School, when he left. He settled for a life in farming in Canada where he also got married. When war was declared, he enlisted as a Private in the 46th Battalion, 10th Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) in January 1916, having left his holding in the hands of his wife and a manager. Joining up was not easy as he had a history of heart problems, but he eventually succeeded. After a month in England, his regiment were sent to France and he was wounded in February 1916. Recovering and returning to his regiment, he was killed in action during the Battle of Mont Sorrel in 3 June 1916. During this action 8430 Canadians were killed in trying to capture this strategic hill in the Ypres Salient of Belgium over 11 days.