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Military service
Service number:
7761
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
April 22, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Lightwood
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
War Memorial on the gounds of St. James Cathedral
This War Memorial stands on the grounds of St. James Cathedral in Toronto. The Cathedral is located on the corner of King & Church Streets, west of Yonge Street. This view shows Church Street just behind the Gothic Revival style Memorial. The base is inscribed with the names of the men from the Cathedral's Roll of Honour on 3 panels, and the 4th panel is a tribute to the men. -
St. James Catherdral War Memorial Panel
Alfred Lightwood is remembered on this panel at the base of the St. James War Memorial. -
St. James Main Dedication
Main dedication on the St. James War Memorial. -
Family Photo
This picture, one of the only ones we have of Alf, was taken in 1901 shortly after the Lightwood family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada from England. Front row, l to r: Lillian, Florence, Annie Rosa. Back row, l to r: George, Henrietta, Alfred (age 7), Frank. Alf's father Francis Lightwood died in 1896. -
Inscription
This stone, remembering Alfred Lightwood and his parents Annie Rosa Williams and Francis Lightwood, is located in the Lightwood plot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. It was laid in 1954, upon the death of Annie Rosa, by daughters Florence and Henrietta. -
Family plot
The Lightwood family plot (Lot 29, Section 131) at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. The stone commemorating Alfred is in the foreground, closest to the left, of the picture. -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Photo of Alfred Lightwood
Postcard image taken of Private Alfred Lightwood at Christmas 1914 at Salisbury Camp, England. Recently found stuffed between the pages of a family collection of old books. -
Postcard
Back of the Christmas 1914 postcard showing Private Alfred Lightwood. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Lightwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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