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Thomas Leroy Chambers

In memory of:

Gunner Thomas Leroy Chambers

May 8, 1917
France

Military Service

Service Number:

91616

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

8th Bde.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

June 3, 1897
Hope Township, Durham County, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 18, 1915
Orillia, Ontario

Son of Eva C. Chambers of Peterborough, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 29.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 369 of 958.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 369 of 958.
  • Cenotaph– Gunner Thomas Leroy Chambers is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Gunner Thomas Leroy Chambers is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cenotaph– Gunner Thomas Leroy Chambers is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph
    Cenotaph – Gunner Thomas Leroy Chambers is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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