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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Death:
May 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert M. and Lucy Hornby. Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
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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
Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News 12th June 1915 -
Inscription on Vimy Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of June 10, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11662981/Daily-Telegraph-June-10-1915.html -
Inscription
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Chilliwack Progress. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Chilliwack Progress. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Hornby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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