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Military service
Service number:
135108
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
May 23, 1895
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry James and Charlotte Harriet Canfor, of 129, Goodrich Rd., East Dulwich, London, England.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Richard James Canfor
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Newspaper Clipping
74th Battalion Group Photo. From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 19 of 1004. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of RICHARD JAMES CANFOR
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
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
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
Digital gallery of
Private Richard James Canfor
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