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Son of William E. Fairclough, of Sandgate, Kent, England.
Digital gallery of Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Erving Rushton Fairclough's biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included Erving Fairclough's photo and biography on their roll of honour.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Erving Fairclough
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Erving Rushton Fairclough's biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals.
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Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included Erving Fairclough's photo and biography on their roll of honour.
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"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication.
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All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo.
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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.
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Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Slijpstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg. (Connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
4 km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side lies Elzenwalle Military Cemetery, which marks the junction with Slijpstraat. RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY lies 1 Km along the Slijpstraat, after a small staggered crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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