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Military service
Service number:
10169
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 19.
Additional information
Born 3 January 1895 in Toronto, Ontario. Son of Noble and May Sproule, Toronto, Ontario. Attested at Valcartier, Quebec on 22 September 1914, listed his occupation as typesetter. Former service with the Queen's Own Rifle Regiment, 3rd Company.
Additional citations
Eligible for the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Charles Sproule
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Grave Marker
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Hugh Charles Sproule
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Charles Sproule
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Charles Sproule
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Charles Sproule
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Charles Sproule
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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