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Military service
Service number:
53878
Age:
47
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
May 22, 1870
Death:
November 14, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. I. 10.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Spooner, of Bury St. Edmund's, England; husband of Alice S. Spooner, of 4, Jarvis St., Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close-up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of Joseph Spooner
Postcards: Black and white postcard of Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner, in uniform. Front: Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner. 18th Batt. [Symbol of cross] Nov. 14, 1915. Reverse: Platoon Sergt J. Spooner, 18th Battn. C.E.F., 4th Brigade. Killed in action 14th November 1915. Source - Kitchener Public Library Collection online -
Photo of Joseph Spooner
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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