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Son of Morriss and Elizabeth Ann Culver; husband of Mrs. R. J. Ruth (formerly Culver), of Silverthorne, Toronto, Ontario.
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Private Harold John Culver
Harold Culver gassed on the Somme 1916
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Private Harold John Culver
Grave Marker at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto. "Gassed on the Seine" is likely a carving error - should be "Gassed on the Somme".
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Private Harold John Culver
Culver was gassed on the Somme in 1916. Sailed from Liverpool for Canada per the SS Crampian on February 20, 1917, suffering from Phthisis [pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive systemic disease]
He died at his home, 509 Salem Ave, Toronto, of Pulmonary tuberculosis, probably related to war related lung damage. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2860&sqn=1093&tt=1244&PHPSESSID=ik5sksb1a0umdpbmfqru47ffl19hbuuu5fehit459aviq9ma6nl0
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Harold Culver gassed on the Somme 1916
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Grave Marker at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto. "Gassed on the Seine" is likely a carving error - should be "Gassed on the Somme".
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Culver was gassed on the Somme in 1916. Sailed from Liverpool for Canada per the SS Crampian on February 20, 1917, suffering from Phthisis [pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive systemic disease] He died at his home, 509 Salem Ave, Toronto, of Pulmonary tuberculosis, probably related to war related lung damage. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2860&sqn=1093&tt=1244&PHPSESSID=ik5sksb1a0umdpbmfqru47ffl19hbuuu5fehit459aviq9ma6nl0
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Toronto November 2023
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Prospect Cemetery, Toronto November 2023
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 532 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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