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William James Courtenay

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant William James Courtenay

October 7, 1918

Military Service


Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

66th Squadron

Additional Information


Son of T. G. and Sarah A. Courtenay, of St. Thomas, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 585 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GIAVERA MEMORIAL
Italy

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The town of Giavera is in the Province of Treviso, 12 kilometres east of Montebelluna and 14 kilometres west of Conegliano. The Giavera Memorial is situated within Giavera British Cemetery, which is located 500 metres north-west of the town, close to the church. The Memorial, which occupies a central position on the western wall of the cemetery, consists of a large marble tablet surmounted by a heavy moulded cornice and inscribed with the names and dates of death arranged alphabetically by Regiment. It bears the words:
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN ITALY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. The site commands a view of the Asiago Plateau, where the British forces in Italy helped to repel a powerful Austrian attack in June, 1918, and of the battleground between the Piave and the Monticano, where at the end of October, 1918, they played their part in the triumph of Vittorio-Veneto. These and other smaller incidents of the campaign are commemorated on this monument, together with the names of those British soldiers who fell in Italy and whose places of burial are unknown.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Roll of Honour– "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War."  Source:  The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922).   The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names.  101 died as a result of their military service.

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