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Military service
Service number:
730640
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 2, 1896
Enlistment:
Galt, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles and Clara Clay, of 91, Cowan Avenue, Toronto.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 1027 of 1068 -
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 Nelson Chaplin Clay
Inscriptions: Front: Pte. Nelson Chaplin Clay 730670. Born Toronto Nov. 2, 1897. Enlisted Galt March 1916, 111th Batt., A.[Coy.][symbol of a cross] March 15 1917. Reverse: Artura (around stamp location) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Chaplin Clay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 217 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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