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Walter Leslie Middleton

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Walter Leslie Middleton

August 17, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

46596

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

15th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 27, 1885
Simcoe County, Ontario

Son of R. H. and Christina Middleton, of Elmvale, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 470 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 34.

Location:

Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Barrie Examiner c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Barrie Examiner c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Walter L. Middleton– Walter Leslie Middleton

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    Photo of Walter L. Middleton
    Photo of Walter L. Middleton – Walter Leslie Middleton
  • Cap Badge of the 15th– Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Cap Badge of the 15th
    Cap Badge of the 15th – Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Shoulder patch– Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Shoulder patch
    Shoulder patch – Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Record of Service– Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service
    Record of Service – Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Record of Service– Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service
    Record of Service – Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Badge– Cap Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Lance Corporal Middleton enlisted in the 37th Bn but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.

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    Badge
    Badge – Cap Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Lance Corporal Middleton enlisted in the 37th Bn but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
  • Grave marker– Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
  • Bouchoir New British Cemetery

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    Bouchoir New British Cemetery
    Bouchoir New British Cemetery
  • Grave marker– W.L. Middleton grave, Bouchoir New British Cemetery

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – W.L. Middleton grave, Bouchoir New British Cemetery
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