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Horace Oswald Kift

In memory of:

Private Horace Oswald Kift

February 28, 1920

Military Service

Service Number:

408087

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 24, 1892

Son of Joseph Albert and Elizabeth Kift, of Cannington, Ontario. Brother of Lieutenant William Kitchener Kift, who died on April 29, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Commemorated on Page 550 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANNINGTON (ALL SAINTS) ANGLICAN CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of HORACE OSWALD KIFT– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HORACE OSWALD KIFT – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of HORACE OSWALD KIFT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HORACE OSWALD KIFT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Horace Kift– Enrolled with the 37th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Horace Kift – Enrolled with the 37th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– Pte. Horace Kift is mentioned in these articles about his brother.

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    Press Clipping – Pte. Horace Kift is mentioned in these articles about his brother.
  • Press Clipping– From the Toronto Star for 20 December 1918, page 12.

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    Press Clipping – From the Toronto Star for 20 December 1918, page 12.
  • Circumstances of Death– Headstone at All Saints Anglican Cemetery, Cannington, Ontario.

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    Circumstances of Death
    Circumstances of Death – Headstone at All Saints Anglican Cemetery, Cannington, Ontario.

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