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Military service
Service number:
405018
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
December 15, 1884
Newton by Sea, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
June 5, 1915
Niagara, Ontario
Death:
May 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. C. 301.
Additional information
Son of James and Annie Carss, of 22, The Square, Craster, Lesbury, Northumberland. Brother of Daniel and John William Carss.
Daniel died on October 17, 1917 while serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and John William Carss died on February 15, 1918 while serving with the Royal Naval Reserves.
Both brothers are commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial.
Digital gallery of Private William Carss
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Willam Carss
Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM CARSS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Carss
Digital gallery of
Private William Carss
Digital gallery of
Private William Carss
Digital gallery of
Private William Carss
Digital gallery of
Private William Carss
EMBLETON (SPITALFORD) CEMETERY Northumberland, United Kingdom
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