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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
8th Bde.
Death:
October 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Southam, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Mary McGibbon Southam.
Digital gallery of Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
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Photo of GORDON HAMILTON SOUTHAM
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Gordon Hamilton Southam
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Gordon Hamilton Southam is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper Clipping dated October 17th, 1916 (Toronto Star). -
Newspaper Clipping 3
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Memorial
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam is remembered on the Southam family memorial at Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. -
Grave marker
Detail of a plaque dedicated to Major Southam and located at the base of the Southam family monument. The adjacent plaques are inscribed: "William Southam, 1843-1932" and "Wilson Mills, wife of William Southam, 1847-1928". -
The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote VC, CD Armoury
The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote VC, CD Armoury, 200 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario. -
Plaque
Officers of the 13th Royal Regiment Memorial Plaque. On display at the Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote VC, CD Armoury, Hamilton, Ontario. -
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Monument
Southam Park<BR> 480 Upper James Street at the Claremont Access. Southam Park is located on the Mountain brow and offers a beautiful view of the lower city. -
Grave marker
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Part 1 From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Part 2 From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
Digital gallery of
Major Gordon Hamilton Southam
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 166 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.
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