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Military service
Service number:
603121
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
May 7, 1896
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Essery
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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
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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 Thomas Essery
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of THOMAS ESSERY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of THOMAS ESSERY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier 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 Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Essery
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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