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Lorne Hastings McCurdy

In memory of:

Gunner Lorne Hastings McCurdy

August 22, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

337871

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

9th Bde.

Additional Information

Born:

November 27, 1893

Son of Daniel George and Mary Selena McCurdy, of Tottenham, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 280 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. E. 8.

Location:

Lillers is a small town about 15 kilometres west-north-west of Bethune and the, LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies to the north of the town. From the Mairie in the centre of the town, head north on the D182, after 500 metres turn right onto Rue St. Venant. The cemetery is a further 200 metres on the left hand side. The Commonwealth burials are at the far end of the communal plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Lorne McCurdy– From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

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    Photo of Lorne McCurdy – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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  • Honour Roll– From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.

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    Honour Roll – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Circumstances of Death- Gunner Lorne Hastings McCurdy

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Circumstances of Death- Gunner Lorne Hastings McCurdy
  • Roll of Honour– "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."

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    Roll of Honour
    Roll of Honour – "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."

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