Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Archibald Glendinning Fairley
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Honour Roll
WWI Roll of Service includes names of all the members of the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church who served in the war. 55 men died as a result of their war service. -
Commemorative Plaque
WWI Roll of Service includes names of all the members of the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church who served in the war. 55 men died as a result of their war service. -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 74th Bn CEF. Lance Corporal Fairley was originally a member of the 74th Bn before he was transferred to the 15th Bn as reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service Card (Front)
Record of Service Card (front). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU bRATH -
Record of Service Card (Reverse)
Record of Service Card (back). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU bRATH -
Newspaper clipping
Notice reporting Pte Fairley "wounded and missing". From the 'Carlisle Journal', Friday, October 27th, 1916, p9. -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ARCHIBALD GLENDINNING FAIRLEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2 Somme, France
Serre is a village 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 1.3 kilometres further along the D919, SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO 2 can be found on the left hand side.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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