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Military service
Service number:
55202
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
April 5, 1893
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 10, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. S. 4.
Additional information
Son of William E. Fairclough, of Sandgate, Kent, England.
Digital gallery of Private Erving Fairclough
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Erving Fairclough
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Biography
Erving Rushton Fairclough's biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals. -
University School Tribute
Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included Erving Fairclough's photo and biography on their roll of honour. -
Commemorative Plaque
"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication. -
All Saints' Church's Montage
All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ERVING FAIRCLOUGH
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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