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Military service
Service number:
814200
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 13, 1892
Collingwood, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 28, 1916
Cobourg, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Frank Cavill of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
Photo of Arthur Cavill
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 163. Page 127 of 958. -
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
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Henry Cavill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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