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Military service
Service number:
404009
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 21.
Digital gallery of Private William Attfield
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Sons of England War Memorial
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¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
William Attfield's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. It is the first name on the list. -
Photo of William Attfield
Pte. William Attfield's photo appeared in the Toronto Star on September 8th, 1915, as part of a group photograph of men in training at Niagara Camp. -
Group Photo
Pte. William Attfield appears in this group photograph in the front row, second from the far left. -
Massey Harris Co. War Memorial
Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for the Massey Harris Company is located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West, Toronto, Ontario. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM ATTFIELD
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Attfield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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