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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Division:
3rd Battalion
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
G. 33
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Margaret Letitia Burgess, of 63 Waverley St., Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
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Memorial
St Matthew's Anglican Church 217 First Avenue Ottawa, Ontario -
Church
A memorial tablet and three stained glass windows at St. Matthew's Anglican Church in the Glebe were dedicated to the members of the church who served during the Great War. Ottawa Journal, 17 Jan 1921 Page 15 -
Memorial Stained Glass
The Ressurection (1938) by Robert McCausland Ltd. is dedicated to the members of St Matthew's Anglican Church who served during the Great War. It was erected 17 Jan 1921, then transferred to the new site in 1938. To to Glory of God A O (Alpha Omega) I am the Ressurection and the Life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live [John 11:25]. -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll, Ottawa Collegiate Institute, now Lisgar Collegiate Institute -
London Gazette
Harold Burgess received the Distinguished Conduct Medal per the London Gazette edition from 14-11-16. -
Document
Harold Burgess earned a victory medal and British Star during his campaign in France on March 3, 1915 per medal card, London National Archives -
Yearbook
Harold Burgess was listed in the remembrance section of the Spring 1919 edition of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute yearbook (now Lisgar Collegiate Institute). -
Inscription
Inscription to the memory of Harold Torrance Burgess on the family grave marker in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. -
Attestation Paper
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Harold Torrance Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 575 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AGNY MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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