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Military service
Service number:
430935
Age:
27
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
6th Bde.
Death:
September 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. W. 17.
Additional information
Son of Edward Bridle Proctor, and Clara Maria Procter, of 110, Essendine Mansions, Maida Hill, London, England.
Digital gallery of Gunner Leslie William Proctor
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War Diary
6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. War Diary for September 1916, page 14 recording death of Proctor, L.W.<P> (Source National Archives of Canada) -
Attestation Papers
Attestation paper (page 1) for Leslie William Proctor. Source: National Archives of Canada. -
Attestation Papers (Back)
Attestation paper (page 2) for Leslie William Proctor. Source: National Archives of Canada. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 6, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y257uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater. Note - The service file available at Library and Archives Canada spells the last name as "Procter" which matches how it is spelt in the Daily Colonist article. -
Photo of LESLIE WILLIAM PROCTOR
From the Daily Colonist of October 7, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y258uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater
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Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
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Commemorated on:
Page 151 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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