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Military service
Service number:
475462
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Death:
September 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
T. 434.
Additional information
Son of David George and Marie Chesnut, of Orillia, Ontario. A graduate of the University of Toronto (B.A.Sc.)
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ARTHUR WILLOUGHBY CHESNUT
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Arthur Chesnut
Private Arthur Chesnut attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario. This photo is from the St. Andrew's College Review, Memorial Number, June 1919. -
Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Arthur Chalmers
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Arthur at Shorncliffe June 2021
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Willoughby Chesnut
SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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