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Military service
Service number:
426044
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
May 13, 1895
Enlistment:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Brown, of Orangeville, Ontario. Recommended for the Victoria Cross for valor at the Somme (Regina Trench).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private David Barclay Brown
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Photo of DAVID BARCLAY BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of DAVID BARCLAY BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of DAVID BARCLAY BROWN
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 475 of 1128 -
Monument
Orangeville (Dufferin County) Ontario War Memorial -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Orangeville Cenotaph, via Ontario War Memorials -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
Digital gallery of
Private David Barclay Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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