Military service
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Son of Samuel Code and Mary Ellen Willis, his wife, of 3,900, Heather St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Willis Code
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 521 of 1384.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
From The Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Willis Code
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 521 of 1384.
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From The Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Free Press Prairie Farmer c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HILLSIDE CEMETERY Somme, France
Le Quesnel is a village half-way between the towns of Roye and Boves and is just north of the main straight road from Noyon to Amiens. HILLSIDE CEMETERY is 3 kilometres north-east of the village on the north-west side of the road to Caix.
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