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Military service
Service number:
192240
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
November 18, 1891
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 78.
Additional information
English:
Digitized service file.
French:Dossier de service numérisé.
Digital gallery of Private William Herst
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Coupure de presse
Pte. William Herst enlisted in the 92nd Battalion (Highlanders) C.E.F. in Toronto in August 1915. In honoured memory. -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Insigne d'épaule
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Herst was originally a member of the 92nd Bn but he was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Mémorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Pierre tombale
Grave Marker. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
Digital gallery of
Private William Herst
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 255 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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