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Military service
Service number:
105010
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
October 1, 1880
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 22.
Additional information
Son of Edmund and Margaret Stapleford, of 71, Bernard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Native of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Howard Chester Stapleford
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Coupure de presse
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Mémorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Mémorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo de HOWARD CHESTER STAPLEFORD
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de Presse
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
Digital gallery of
Private Howard Chester Stapleford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 167 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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