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Military service
Service number:
730398
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
July 11, 1897
Enlistment:
Galt, Ontario
Death:
September 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 29.
Additional information
Son of Geo. H. and Elizabeth Maud Burgess, of Galt, Ontario. Enlisted Jan., 1916. Served two years overseas.
Digital gallery of Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of Harold Burgess
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 123 of 926. -
Photo of HAROLD GLADSTONE BURGESS
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Gladstone Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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