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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 35.
Additional information
Son of the Rev. R. D. and Mrs. M. Eloa Kipp Hamilton, of Burlington, Ontario,
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Douglas Hamilton
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. -
Photo of Douglas Hamilton
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Photo of Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
The Soldiers' Tower
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 name of "Lt. D. K. Hamilton 54th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Grave Marker
Headstone of Lt. Douglas Kipp Hamilton, in the Beaucourt British Cemetery -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Kipp Hamilton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
The village of Beaucourt is about 18 kilometres south-east of Amiens and 5 kilometres east of Moreuil.
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