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Son of George and Annie C. Hargrave, of 48, Fenwick Ave, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private George Franklin Hargrave
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Private George Franklin Hargrave
Hargrove headstone in Brussels cemetery
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Telegram November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklin Hargrave
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Hargrove headstone in Brussels cemetery
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 535 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY Belgium
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere.
Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.
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