L/Cpl
Harold Wilson Spence
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 16/09/1895 |
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Place of birth: West Hill, Ontario, Canada |
General information
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Last known residence: West Hill, Ontario, Canada |
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Profession: Carpenter |
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Religion: Church of England |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lance Corporal |
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Service number: 135855 |
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Enlistment date: 15/07/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 44th Bn. (Manitoba) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 28/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Decline Copse, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 22 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 28 |
Distinctions and medals 4
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Military Medal Medal — 27/07/1917 |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 4
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| #2 | Last known residence | ||
| #3 | Enlistment place | ||
| #4 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 7
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/24221781/person/1491577540/ http://www.ancestry.com Sources used |
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: the Day-by-Day Account. (Londen: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018), 146-147. Sources used |
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N.M.Christie, Slaughter in the mud, >the Canadians at Passchendaele 1917 (CEF Books, Ontario 1998) 13-15 Sources used |
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Norm Christie, For King & Empire, The Canadians at Passchendaele, october to november 1917,(CEF Books,Ottawa,Ontario 1999).30-33 Sources used |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9184-11). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca Sources used |
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Tim Cook; Shock Troops-Canadians fighting the great war 1917-1918 Vol.2; (Penguin Group,Ontario 2009)329-340 Sources used |
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War diaries - 44th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4940, Microfilm reel number: T-10745, File number: 435). https://www.collectionscanada.gc.c Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1596204 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1596204 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=8da6e345-4ab7-46c3-b2a8-a5ece38c1e98 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5719968 |