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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
March 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. I.
Additional information
Son of Charles Ross Somerville and Christina Somerville, London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
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Temporary Grave Marker
St. George's PS London Honour Roll -
Photo of Kenneth Ian Somerville
Son of Major C. R. Somerville, London, Ontario. Enlisted in the 33rd Battalion, June 1915. Tranferred to the 60th Battalion, them transferred to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Fought at Hill 70, Lens and Passchendaele. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Roll of Honour
Great War honour roll, St. George's Public School, 782 Waterloo St. London, Ontario [artist not given] Photo: Deanna Halverson, London -
Attestation Paper
His father, Charles Ross Somerville, was Mayor of London 1918-19. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Thelus Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, just outside of Thelus, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Thelus Military Cemetery
The Thelus Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, just outside of Thelus, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Letter
Letter to Mabel Somerville from her uncle C.R. Somerville, deceased's father, regarding the death of his son. -
Photo of Kenneth Ian Somerville
Ltn K Sommerville as depicted in the December 1918 edtion of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario --And in the Morning -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Somerville
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 504 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, west of the N17 Arras-Lens main road and 6.5 kilometres north of Arras. Thelus Military Cemetery is approximately 300 metres west of the N17, located in the open country, about 50 metres north of Thelus village.
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