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Military service
Service number:
76065
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
June 1, 1894
Death:
April 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of William and Maria J. Telford, of 225, Annette St., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private William Cuyler Telford
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 5 March 1917. -
Commemorative Plaque
Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario -
High Park Methodist Church
1914 - 1918 Memorial Plaque for High Park Methodist Church, 260 High Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The Memorial Plaque was unveiled in 1924 by Nursing Sister Pat Tuckett, and a Memorial Organ was presented by the Women's Association. Those who died (38 names) are listed on the centre panel with the names of those who served on the side panels. The first services at this location were held in October 1908. The church became High Park Avenue United Church in 1925, and High Park-Alhambra in 1970. -
Group Photo
Pte. William Cuyler Telford is shown in this 1913 group photo of the Brotherhood Boys of High Park Methodist Church. He wears the tall hat in the back row, far right. -
Photo of William Telford
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of William Telford
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
Digital gallery of
Private William Cuyler Telford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 172 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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