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Military service
Service number:
687593
Age:
34
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
September 5, 1883
Galt, Ontario
Death:
October 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 19.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Medora Hume.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Frank Hume
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Photo of FRANK HUME
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
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. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation (now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association). The name of "Sgt. F. Hume 47th Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends of the University donated the funds for specific carillon bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. The inscription for bell XXI reads: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men'. Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo by K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 14, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y292uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frank Hume
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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