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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
15th Field Coy.
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
March 10, 1917
The Somme, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. K. 2.
Additional information
Son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Honor Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914
Additional citations
Military Cross
Digital gallery of Major Cecil Verge Strong
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Photo of Cecil Verge Strong
Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft -
Photo of Cecil Verge Strong
Cecil Verge Strong was a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada 1911-14. The Stone Frigate, 1914 http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft -
Biography
Stone Frigate 1914 Royal Military College of Canada 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Crest
934 Major Cecil Verge Strong MC (RMC 1914) was the son of Percy Troop Strong and Ethel May Strong, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an Honour Graduate Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1914. He served with the Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy. He died on 10 Mar 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Hem Farm Military Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Graffiti
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England -
Photo of Cecil Verge Strong
Maj Cecil Verge Strong died on March 10, 1917 The Somme, Belgium. -
Memorial Plaque
Major Cecil Verge Strong M.C., All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, N.S. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
Digital gallery of
Major Cecil Verge Strong
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Commemorated on:
Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Hem and Monacu are two villages about 13 kilometres south-east of Albert, a little south of the road from Albert to Peronne and north of the River Somme. HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY lies to the west of the village of Hem.
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