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Son of William Henry and Margaret Pawley, of Brampton, Ontario.
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
Grave memorial at Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
"VICTORY AT A COST"<BR>
Lieutenant Norman Pawley was one of 3,398 Canadians killed at Vimy. An experienced officer with the 44th Battalion, Pawley had received the Military Cross for 'conspicuous gallantry' during a raid on enemy trenches in March 1917.<P>
"GRAVE MARKER"<P>
Soldiers marked the graves of the fallen with temporary wooden crosses like this one. After the war, the Imperial War Graves Commission (now called the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) established permanent cemeteries, often moving soldiers' remains from their temporary graves to their final resting place.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
This is the grave marker that is exhibited in the Canadian War Museum, as alluded to in the caption of one of the other photographs that you see here.<P>
This marker is indeed the original, and was donated to the CWM by Lt. Pawley's family. <P>
It was an honour to visit Villers Station Cemetery in France where he has rested for almost 90 years. To see his original grave marker in the Museum, and to know that it once marked his resting place in that same peaceful corner of France, has been a truly moving experience for me.<P>
Lest We Forget.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Norman Howard Pawley
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Grave memorial at Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
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"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
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"VICTORY AT A COST"<BR> Lieutenant Norman Pawley was one of 3,398 Canadians killed at Vimy. An experienced officer with the 44th Battalion, Pawley had received the Military Cross for 'conspicuous gallantry' during a raid on enemy trenches in March 1917.<P> "GRAVE MARKER"<P> Soldiers marked the graves of the fallen with temporary wooden crosses like this one. After the war, the Imperial War Graves Commission (now called the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) established permanent cemeteries, often moving soldiers' remains from their temporary graves to their final resting place.
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This is the grave marker that is exhibited in the Canadian War Museum, as alluded to in the caption of one of the other photographs that you see here.<P> This marker is indeed the original, and was donated to the CWM by Lt. Pawley's family. <P> It was an honour to visit Villers Station Cemetery in France where he has rested for almost 90 years. To see his original grave marker in the Museum, and to know that it once marked his resting place in that same peaceful corner of France, has been a truly moving experience for me.<P> Lest We Forget.
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 306 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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