Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Heron
In memory of:
Private William Heron
September 29, 1918
Military Service
3033392
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Army
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
3rd Bn.
Additional Information
May 14, 1896
Son of Peter and Annie Heron, of Scarborough Junction, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 428 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France
B. 34.
Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – this article appeared in the ORILLIA TIMES, Thurs. Feb. 20,1919. It is an account of Pte. Herring's day when his comrade Pte. Heron died.
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