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Son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Honor Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Stone Frigate 1914 Royal Military College of Canada
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
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Maj Cecil Verge Strong died on March 10, 1917 The Somme, Belgium.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong M.C., All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, N.S.
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft
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Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft
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Stone Frigate 1914 Royal Military College of Canada 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France.
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Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
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Maj Cecil Verge Strong died on March 10, 1917 The Somme, Belgium.
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Major Cecil Verge Strong M.C., All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, N.S.
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Hem and Monacu are two villages about 13 kilometres south-east of Albert, a little south of the road from Albert to Peronne and north of the River Somme. HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY lies to the west of the village of Hem.
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