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Military service
Service number:
47327
Age:
35
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 1, 1881
East Peckham, Kent, England
Enlistment:
September 28, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Arras Road Cem. Mem. 8.
Additional information
Son of J.J. Barnard of London, England. After the battle on 9 April, the 15th Battalion Vimy Cross was built with the names of about sixty soldiers from the battalion who were killed in the battle. Today the cross, with Corporal Arthur Barnard's name clearly seen at the exact centre is kept at the 48th Highlanders (15 Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force) museum at St. Andrew's Church in Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Arthur Barnard
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the 9 April 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge to commemorate those who fell during the engagement. Photo from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum, Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Submitted by Capt (ret'd) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cenotaph
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Cpl Arthur Barnard. Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Barnard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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