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Military service
Service number:
408512
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of H.B.S. Palmer and Josephine E. Palmer, of Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Cyril Power Palmer
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Palmer originally enlisted with the 37th Bn CEF. when this unit was broken up for replacements he was posted to the 15th Bn. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Palmer originally enlisted with the 37th Bn CEF. when this unit was broken up for replacements he was posted to the 15th Bn. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Private Palmer was a member of the 37th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Post Card
Postcard sent home by Pte. Cyril Palmer to his parents in Gravenhurst. He provides his mailing address at Niagara Camp (a training camp). The front of the card is a view of a local church. The postage stamp used is an early example of the use of a 2 cent stamp (1 cent stamp plus 1 cent war tax). The cancellation is for the Field Post Office at Niagara Camp. Private Collection - M. I. Pirie. -
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) -
Photo of CYRIL POWER PALMER
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Power Palmer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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