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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
501169
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
1st Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
October 3, 1890
Broxburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 19, 1915
Haileybury, Ontario
Death:
August 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 25.
Additional information
Son of David and Jane Barclay, of Port Buchan, Broxburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Finlay Barclay
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La Clytte Millitary Cemetery
Photo by Ken Riley -
Grave Marker
J F Barclay, Grave marker, La Clytte Millitary Cemetery, Belgium, Photo by Ken Riley -
Cenotaph Cobalt Ontario
Cenotaph, Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley -
Photo of Gravemarker
Gravemarker -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 1007 of 1072 -
Inscription
Cenotaph Inscription, WWI Fallen, Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Finlay Barclay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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