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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
43rd Wing,
Death:
October 22, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
11-16-4.
Additional information
Son of Roland Williams and Constance Maude Williams (nee Bowen), of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
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Attestation Papers
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Philip Williams
Phil Williams ca. 1916 when he enlisted as the 124th Bn. CEF as Signals Officer. -
Photo 2 of Philip Williams
Philip Williams in late 1918 wearing his Air Force uniform. Note the left sleeve Eagle and Crown badge. -
Photo 3 of Philip Williams
Philip Williams training with the RFC at Winchester, England in 1918. -
Memorial
RFC & RAF Memorial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto near Philip William's grave. -
Grave Marker
Lt. Philip Edward Williams' grave at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. -
Inscription
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Honour Roll
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. -
Honour Roll (2)
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
World War I Memorial tablet
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content." -
Inscription
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Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Philip Edward Williams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 523 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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