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Son of Ellis P. and Amelia Binns, of 18, Dorville Rd., Lee, London, England. Born at Port Antonio, Jamaica, British West Indies. B.Sc., Toronto University.
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Captain Percy Vere Binns
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 643 of 652
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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This photograph of Capt. Percy Vere Binns accompanied a Toronto Star article dated September 13th, 1918.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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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.
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ROLL OF HONOUR BOOK
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The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 368 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Dainville is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the western outskirts of Arras on the road to Doullens (N.25).
The DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY lies about one kilometre west of the village at the end of a track running north from the road to Warlus (D.59).
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