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Digital gallery of Private Allan Gifford
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
Photos of brothers Edgar and Allan Gifford and their mother Elizabeth Scott Gifford appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on May 4th, 1915. The photos were accompanied by a lengthy article on the Gifford family as well as extracts from letters home from the war zone. Pte. Allan Gifford enlisted with the 1st Canadian Contingent at Valcartier Camp (Quebec) on September 21st, 1914. He indicated that he had 9 years prior experience with the Queen's Own Rifles. Allan Gifford was born in Toronto, Ontario. Pte. Edgar Gifford enlisted at Valcartier on September 22nd, 1914. He stated that he had 16 years prior experience in the Canadian militia.
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
Newspaper article - Part A. The first column continues on to Part B (next image in photo collection). The small section at the top right of Part A is the end of the article.
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
Newspaper article - Part B.
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
From the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Allan Gifford
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photos of brothers Edgar and Allan Gifford and their mother Elizabeth Scott Gifford appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on May 4th, 1915. The photos were accompanied by a lengthy article on the Gifford family as well as extracts from letters home from the war zone. Pte. Allan Gifford enlisted with the 1st Canadian Contingent at Valcartier Camp (Quebec) on September 21st, 1914. He indicated that he had 9 years prior experience with the Queen's Own Rifles. Allan Gifford was born in Toronto, Ontario. Pte. Edgar Gifford enlisted at Valcartier on September 22nd, 1914. He stated that he had 16 years prior experience in the Canadian militia.
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Newspaper article - Part A. The first column continues on to Part B (next image in photo collection). The small section at the top right of Part A is the end of the article.
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Newspaper article - Part B.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 16 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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