Profile image
Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
Fingal, Ontario
Death:
September 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. K. 1.
Additional information
Son of G. E. and S. I. Casey.
Digital gallery of Major William Archer Casey
-
Photo of William Archer Casey
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Major William Archer Casey is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
-
Grave marker
-
Cemetery
Albert Communal Cemetery Extension (CWGC) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 897 of 1004. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM ARCHER CASEY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 14, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y238uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
Digital gallery of
Major William Archer Casey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.