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Samuel Henry Courtney

In memory of:

Staff Sergeant Major Samuel Henry Courtney

October 4, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

30149

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Service Corps

Division:

3rd Div. Train

Additional Information

Born:

March 11, 1878
Quebec City, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 19, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Husband of Mary Grant Courtney of London, Ontario. He enlisted at the first call for Canadians to fight in Europe. He stated he was employed as a clerk before enlisting in the service.

Commemorated on Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. G. 4.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

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: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 555 of 900.

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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: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 555 of 900.
  • Photo of Samuel Henry Courtney– Shown as Sgt Maj S H Courteny in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning

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    Photo of Samuel Henry Courtney
    Photo of Samuel Henry Courtney – Shown as Sgt Maj S H Courteny in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Image depicts 2 members of CASCTD most likely taken at Shorncliffe England in 1915. Man on left is George Forbes Elliott (#112214 originally enlisted 7th Canadian Mounted Rifles later commissioned as a Lieutenant in the RFC. The man on the right is Staff Sergeant (major?) Samuel Henry Courtney (#30149) who died Oct 4, 1917 in France.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Image depicts 2 members of CASCTD most likely taken at Shorncliffe England in 1915. Man on left is George Forbes Elliott (#112214 originally enlisted 7th Canadian Mounted Rifles later commissioned as a Lieutenant in the RFC. The man on the right is Staff Sergeant (major?) Samuel Henry Courtney (#30149) who died Oct 4, 1917 in France.
  • Memorial– WWI window at St. George's Anglican church in London, Ontario where Samuel Courtney is remembered

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    Memorial – WWI window at St. George's Anglican church in London, Ontario where Samuel Courtney is remembered
  • Grave Marker– Samuel Courtney's grave April 2015

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Samuel Courtney's grave April 2015

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