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Military service
Service number:
8503
Age:
18
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
October 18, 1896
Perth, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Spalding, of Perth, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
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Eric Josh Spalding
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Memorial
Memorial at Perth and District Collegiate Institute in honour of former students who participated in the Great WAr. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Renfrew Mercury for 11 June 1915. -
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial
Gravestone of Eric's parents. Please note that Eric's middle name is Tosh not Josh or Yosh. His correct name is Eric Tosh Spalding.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Eric Tosh Spalding
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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