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Military service
Service number:
138517
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
March 10, 1892
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
O. II. N. 8.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Maria Appleton, of 32, Keystone Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
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Monument commémoratif des Fils d¿Angleterre
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Gros plan du Monument commémoratif des Fils d¿Angleterre
William Charles Appleton's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Coupure de presse
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Mémorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo de WILLIAM CHARLES APPLETON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Charles Appleton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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