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Citation(s);
Military service
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 27.
Digital gallery of Captain William Kennedy Commins
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Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Article
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
Photograph accompanying a Toronto Star article dated August 20th, 1918. -
Newspaper Clipping 3
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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 1181 of 1384. His brother, Captain Chester Francis Commins, Military Cross and Bar, was killed in action on October 1, 1918. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kennedy Commins
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kennedy Commins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
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