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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. G. 12.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
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Photo de William Taylor Willison
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during WWI. -
Plaque commémorative
Lt. William Taylor Willison is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during WWI. UCC is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Coupure de presse
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Tableau d'honneur
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Photo de William Willison
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. -
Mémorial
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: 'DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE', and 'So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.' (John Bunyan). -
Inscription
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Mémorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo de WILLIAM TAYLOR WILLISON
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 September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Taylor Willison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 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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