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Military service
Service number:
633633
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
February 11, 1887
Death:
November 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. E. 2.
Additional information
Son of John and Annie Bullo Douglas, of Lancaster, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Douglas
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Photo of William Douglas
Photograph taken in uniform, circa 1916 -
Letter to sister
This letter was sent to my Grandmother Lily Douglas (William Douglas sister) from her sister on Christmas Day, 1917. -
Letter
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Page 2 Letter
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Military Records
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Military Records
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Military Records
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Casualty Form - Active Service
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Unofficial Report of Death
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Will
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Medical History
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Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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Family photo
From Left to right: Lillie Douglas born January 30th 1890 (My Grandmother), William Douglas, her older brother, John Douglas (William's Father) and Annie Bullo Douglas, (William's Mother). This photo was taken on the family farm around 1898. My Grandmother was very close to her brother "Willie" and my father William Douglas Gordon was named after him. My father is still alive and well at age 85. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 533 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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