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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
228400
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
December 24, 1896
Bradford, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 8, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 17, 1917
Lens, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 6.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and J. M. Archer, of Bradford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
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Press Clipping
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Roll of Honour
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable." -
Commemorative Scroll
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Grave marker
Riaumont Cemetery, Lievin, France where Matthew was first laid to rest. -
Grave marker
Later Matthew's remains were moved to Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension. This picture was taken in 1926. -
Grave Marker
Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension. This picture was taken May 2005. -
Medals (front)
Matthew's Medals Front: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal -
Telegram
The Telegram notifying Matthew's parents of his death. -
Press Clipping
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Press Clipping
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Letter (page 4)
Letter written in France after the battle of Vimy Ridge. -
Citation
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Ceremony
In front of the Ontario Legislative Buildings in Toronto on November 14th, 1917 Matthew's mother Jennie May Archer was presented the Military Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Sir John Hendrie. -
Letter (page 1)
Letter written in France after the battle of Vimy Ridge. -
Letter (page 2)
Letter written in France after the battle of Vimy Ridge. -
Letter (page 3)
Letter written in France after the battle of Vimy Ridge. -
Photo of Matthew Humphrey Archer
This picture was taken in 1916. Matthew going off to war. Pictured beside Matthew are his cousin Margaret McAfee and his brother Charles Archer. -
Photo of Matthew Humphrey Archer
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Attestation Paper
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Attestation Paper
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Will
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Document
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Card
Postcard sent home Christmas 1916 -
Medals (back)
Matthew's Medals Back: Victory Medal, British War Medal, Military Medal -
Biography
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Matthew Humphrey Archer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 192 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
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