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Military service
Service number:
172401
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
October 5, 1890
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 12.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. F. Tanton, of Umbrella Cottage, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, England.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard George Tanton
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Leonard Tanton
Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Gravemarker
Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of LEONARD GEORGE TANTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard George Tanton
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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