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Military service
Service number:
228307
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
October 24, 1890
Death:
September 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. K. 14.
Additional information
Son of Samuel Mark Lawrence and Annie Lawrence, of Croydon, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Hilton Lawrence
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Commémoratif Plaque
Corporal John Hilton Lawrence's name is included on the T. Eaton Company's World War One memorial plaque. This bronze memorial was designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada. -
Coupure de presse
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Photo de John Hilton Lawrence
Portrait of J. H. Lawrence from the Eaton's Department Store in Toronto. Courtesy of Archives Ontario. -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal John Hilton Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Hilton Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Hilton Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Hilton Lawrence
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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