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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
July 8, 1886
Bluevale, Huron County, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 10, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 75.
Additional information
Son of Reverend Richard William and Nina Scanlan of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
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Dedication
Harold Baldwin's book "Holding the Line" (1918) includes a dedication to William Scanlan. -
Album Cover
From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Maunsell Scanlan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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