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Arthur Courtenay Williams

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Arthur Courtenay Williams

September 18, 1917

Military Service

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

44th Wing, (Camp Borden),

Additional Information

Son of Edmund George and Louisa May Williams of Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 582 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TORONTO (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Block B. (Ravine). Lot 187. East.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Aura Lee Club Toronto

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    Memorial – Aura Lee Club Toronto
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Commemorative Plaque– 1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20.

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    Commemorative Plaque
    Commemorative Plaque – 1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20.
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  • Newspaper Clipping– This report of the death of Second Lieutenant A.C. Williams appeared at page 5 in the September 20, 1917 issue of the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario). Note that, contrary to what is stated in this report, the other occupant of the airplane, Cadet J.E. Ludford, was a member of the Royal Flying Corps (not the "American Flying Corps") and his hometown was Caracas, Venezuela (not "Baracas"). Note too that Camp Hoare was the Royal Flying Corps airfield at Camp Borden, west of Barrie, Ontario, named after Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) C.G. Hoare, the commanding officer of the RFC in Canada.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – This report of the death of Second Lieutenant A.C. Williams appeared at page 5 in the September 20, 1917 issue of the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario). Note that, contrary to what is stated in this report, the other occupant of the airplane, Cadet J.E. Ludford, was a member of the Royal Flying Corps (not the "American Flying Corps") and his hometown was Caracas, Venezuela (not "Baracas"). Note too that Camp Hoare was the Royal Flying Corps airfield at Camp Borden, west of Barrie, Ontario, named after Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) C.G. Hoare, the commanding officer of the RFC in Canada.

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