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Military service
Service number:
21343
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
February 13, 1894
Galt, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Richard George Barnes
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of Richard George Barnes
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 233 of 1058. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Monument in honour of the men from Lodge Royal Oak No. 26 of the Sons of England Benefit Society, Galt (Cambridge), Ontario. Honours the eleven local members who died in World War One. Erected in Mount View Cemetery on August 24th, 1919. Location: 80 Blenheim Road, Cambridge, Ontario. Dedication: ERECTED BY LODGE ROYAL OAK NO. 26 / SONS OF ENGLAND SOCIETY / AS A TRIBUTE / OUR FALLEN BRETHREN. M. I. Pirie, private collection. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RICHARD GEORGE BARNES
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Richard George Barnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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