Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Program – Harbord Collegiate Institute program for Remembrance Day 1931. Listing the names of the school's Fallen. Submitted by BGen (ret) G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath

Memorial – Aura Lee Club Toronto

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of William Proudfoot

Newspaper Article

Photo of William Proudfoot – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

Plaque – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

Memorial – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

Memorial – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

Grave marker

Cap Badge – Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lieutenant Proudfoot was originally a member of the 92nd Bn before he was transferred to the 26th Bn as a reinforcement. From the 26th Bn he was commisioned from the ranks and sent to the 15th Bn. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

Cap Badge – Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

Shoulder Patch – Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

War Memorial – "The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath

Photo of William Proudfoot – From Volume 1 of Letters From The Front produced by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Group Photo – Officers 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) taken at Noeux-les-Mines in August 1917 prior to the Battle of Hill 70. Lt Proudfoot who was killed a year later at the Canal du Nord is last on right in 2nd row. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

Cap Badge – Cap Badge 26th Bn (New Brunswick). Lt Proudfoot enlisted in the 92nd Bn as a Private soldier. He was then sent to the 26th New Brunswick Bn as a reinforcement. With this unit he served as a sniper and was promoted Sgt. He was then commissioned a Lt in the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

Shoulder Patch – Shoulder Patch 26th Bn (New Brunswick). Lt Proudfoot enlisted in the 92nd Bn as a Private soldier. He was then sent to the 26th New Brunswick Bn as a reinforcement. With this unit he served as a sniper and was promoted Sgt. He was then commissioned a Lt in the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH