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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan, of Blyth, Ontario; husband of Ethel Mary Tifeling (formerly Buchanan, of Wingham, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Percy Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
"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."
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Extract from a letter from a friend of W.P. Buchanan who saw him after he was fatally wounded. It is posted on Cdn Letters and Images site on the web.
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of William Percy Buchanan. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
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Private William Percy Buchanan
William and his sister Margaret
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial
Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Percy Buchanan
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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"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."
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me
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From the book, War Memorial of Huron County's Heroes and Heroines that was published in 1919 by the Wingham Advance. Submitted by Operation Picture Me
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Extract from a letter from a friend of W.P. Buchanan who saw him after he was fatally wounded. It is posted on Cdn Letters and Images site on the web.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of William Percy Buchanan. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
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William and his sister Margaret
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Inscription on the Vimy Memorial Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:
Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.
The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
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