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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Division:
53rd Bty. 2nd Bde.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 4, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. Y. 4.
Additional information
Son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. Also served in Egypt.
Digital gallery of Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
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Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Osgoode Hall War memorial
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Photo of Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
From the Toronto Globe for 9 November 1916. -
Family Monument
Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince is remembered on the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. -
Inscription
Dedication on the front panel of the Ince family monument at St. James Cemetery, Parliament St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. -
St Thomas (Anglican) Church
St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death. -
War Memorial Window
One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry. -
Memorial
A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario. -
Photo of Hugh Ince
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Photo of Hugh Ince
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Grave Marker
941 Acting Major Hugh Ethelred McCarthy Ince (RMC 1911-1914) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Alexandra Palace Rooms 663 University Avenue Toronto Canada. He was a member of the class of 1914 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action at the Somme while in command of the 53rd Battery R.F.A. Nov 4. 1916 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Guards' Cemetery Lesboeufs, Somme, France. He is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: TWGPP 2009 http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=2808870 -
Memorial Doll
941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France. -
War Memorial
941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France. -
Newspaper Clipping
Stone Frigate 1914 Royal Military College of Canada 941 Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince (RMC 1912) was the son of James and Ethelreda Ince of Toronto. He served in Egypt. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, 53rd Bty. 2nd Bde. He died on 4 Nov 1916. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), Somme, France. -
Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Photo of HUGH ETHELRED MCCARTHY INCE
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
Digital gallery of
Major Hugh Ethelred Mccarthy Ince
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 572 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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