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Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Tunnelling Company
Enlistment:
January 4, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
July 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Margaret S. Holcroft, of Orillia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Herbert Spencer Holcroft
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Herbert Spencer Holcroft is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Herbert Holcroft
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 name of "Lt. H. S. HOLCROFT 2nd Tunn Coy C.E." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Grave Marker
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Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Photo of HERBERT SPENCER HOLCROFT
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Spencer Holcroft
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