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Military service
Service number:
727605
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 58th Bn.
Birth:
July 13, 1887
Enlistment:
Stratford, Ontario
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 17.
Additional information
Son of George and Jessie Barclay, of Stratford, Ontario; husband of Mary Barclay, of 10, Howie Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Barclay
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Press Clipping
Pte. Barclay was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 1023 of 1072 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Barclay
Digital gallery of
Private William Barclay
Digital gallery of
Private William Barclay
Digital gallery of
Private William Barclay
Digital gallery of
Private William Barclay
Digital gallery of
Private William Barclay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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