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Military service
Service number:
748658
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
October 3, 1894
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 28.
Additional information
Born 3 October 1894 in Albany, Vermont, U.S.A. Son of Melissa Seale, Windsor Ontario. Enlisted 16 February 1916 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was single and employed as an automechanic. He had two years former military service with the 7th Hussars. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig, 7 November, 1917. Not eligible for 14-15 Star
Digital gallery of Private Theodore William Seale
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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
Digital gallery of
Private Theodore William Seale
Digital gallery of
Private Theodore William Seale
Digital gallery of
Private Theodore William Seale
Digital gallery of
Private Theodore William Seale
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 323 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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