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Military service
Service number:
745933
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Birth:
July 23, 1897
Enlistment:
Oshawa, Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Thomas and Sarah Burgess, of 104, Alice St., Oshawa, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Horace Victor Burgess
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Oshawa War Memorial
The Oshawa Ontario War Memorial (1924) was named "The Garden of the Unforgotten". This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought. A pair of electric torches were to remain burning, and a copper time capsule box with artifacts from 1924 was buried under the memorial. In 2002 the Memorial Park was redeveloped and today the park incorporates beautiful gardens. A plaque explaining the redevelopment states: "Memorial Park is regarded as hallowed ground for quiet meditation, the enjoyment of music, and especially for honouring our men and women who served in armed conflicts". -
1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 125 of 926. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstances of Death Register: "Killed in Action" He was killed by an enemy machine gun bullet through the head, on the morning of August 9, 1917. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Memorial
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Horace Victor Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Horace Victor Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Horace Victor Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Horace Victor Burgess
Digital gallery of
Private Horace Victor Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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