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Son of James and Margaret Haliburton Greer, of Toronto; husband of Mildred Irene Greer, of 233, Fern Avenue, Toronto.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
Husband of Mildred Irene Greer, Toronto, Ontario - son of James and Margaret Greer, Toronto, Ontario.
Joined the 180th Battalion, CEF, as an other rank on 8 September 1916 (number 916549) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, as a lieutenant on 27 December 1916 - wounded on 30 June 1917 - died of those wounds on 21 July 1917 - buried in Etaples Military Cemetery (grave XVII.D.25), France.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Star, December 2nd, 1918.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
Lt. Thomas Boles Greer's name is included on this Memorial Plaque.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron, Toronto, Ontario.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron, Toronto, ON.
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
Canadian Buffs Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
“IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS OF THE CANADIAN BUFFS WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1919, ERECTED BY COMRADES”
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Boles Greer
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Husband of Mildred Irene Greer, Toronto, Ontario - son of James and Margaret Greer, Toronto, Ontario. Joined the 180th Battalion, CEF, as an other rank on 8 September 1916 (number 916549) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, as a lieutenant on 27 December 1916 - wounded on 30 June 1917 - died of those wounds on 21 July 1917 - buried in Etaples Military Cemetery (grave XVII.D.25), France.
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From the Toronto Star, December 2nd, 1918.
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Lt. Thomas Boles Greer's name is included on this Memorial Plaque.
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Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron, Toronto, Ontario.
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Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron, Toronto, ON.
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World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Canadian Buffs Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent “IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS OF THE CANADIAN BUFFS WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1919, ERECTED BY COMRADES”
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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