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Towards the end of the Great War in Europe some of the
bloodiest battle were fought. On September 28th 1918, within six weeks of the
armisest, Windsor native Edwin Ross Flemington was reported missing during a trench raid. Edwin Ross Flemington was born during the year 1886 in Windsor Ontario, son of Edwin and Nancy Jane Flemington. Edwin's childhood home was found at 307 Parent Avenue in Windsor. On August 8th 1812 Edwin Flemington was initiated into Freemasonry as a member of Great Western Lodge No. 47 in Windsor. He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on February 6th 1913. In private life Brother Flemington was employed with the Windsor Hardware Company as a plumber and was a member of Central Methodist Church. |
In 1917 Brother Flemington enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and was assigned to the 44th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment of the Canadian Infantry. In the spring of 1918 Private Flemington was transferred overseas.
On October 25th 1918 The Evening Record Newspaper listed Private Brother Edwin Flemington as missing in action since September 28th, the following week he was listed as killed in action.
Brother Flemington was buried in the Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension at Nord, France.
Edwin Ross Flemington's name appears on a Bronze Plaque of Remembrance in Central United Church.
