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Douglas Weir

In memory of:

Captain Douglas Weir

November 12, 1918

Military Service

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Forestry Corps

Additional Information

Son of Robert Stanley Weir, K.C., D.C.L., and of Margaret Douglas Weir, of The Grosvenor, 756, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.

Commemorated on Page 520 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

K. 884.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Douglas Weir– Captain Douglas Weir. Unit: Canadian Forestry Corps. Death: 12 November 1918 Died the day after the war ended and buried in Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery. Home Front © IWM (HU 127243)

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    Photo of Douglas Weir – Captain Douglas Weir. Unit: Canadian Forestry Corps. Death: 12 November 1918 Died the day after the war ended and buried in Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery. Home Front © IWM (HU 127243)
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Honour Roll– "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.

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

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    Photo of Douglas Weir – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

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