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Military service
Service number:
454016
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Death:
May 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Alice Adelaide McCreedy, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy was born in Saltash, Cornwall, England. McCreedy's father was Joseph McCreedy, who was living at 806 Yonge Street in Toronto at the time of his son's enlistment. McCreedy's military attestation was completed at Barriefield training camp in June 1915. There are discrepancies between this newspaper report and the official records. These errors were fairly common in newspaper accounts and were a combination of typographic errors and other issues. -
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
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Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
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Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Charles Pretoria McCreedy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 280 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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