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Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
September 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Civil Engineer. Son of William and Henrietta Ashplant, of Haverhill, Suffolk, England. A Life Member of Corona Club, Westminster, England. Served as Chief (and Assistant) Engineer in various places in South Africa, Bahamas, Southern Nigeria, and more recently as City Engineer for London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major William Norman Ashplant
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Photo of William N. Ashplant
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Attestation Papers
CEF Attestation (one page only displayed) -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Norman Ashplant
Major W N Ashplant from the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo, published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
Digital gallery of
Major William Norman Ashplant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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