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Military service
Service number:
174314
Age:
28
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1888
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Burlington Ontario War Memorial (1922)
Located next to Burlington's City Hall on Brant Street. -
Inscription
WWI - details of names carved upon the Burlington War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
This letter appeared in the Burlington Gazette (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) on May 30th, 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping
This notice appeared in the Burlington Gazette (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) on May 16th, 1917. -
Photo of Herbert Kearse
Pte. Herbert Kearse with son Robert who eventually became my grandfather. Photo was taken just before Pte. Kearse's departure to Europe in 1915.<P> From the Kearse family photo collection
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert William Kearse
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 266 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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