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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Division:
5th Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Machell, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Maurice Irving Machell
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of MAURICE IRVING MACHELL
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Maurice Irving Machell
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
Second Lieutenant Maurice Irving Machell 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. -
Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Photo of Maurice Irving Machell
Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 116. -
Memorial
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Inscription
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Memorial
A stained glass window was installed "To the glory of God in loving memory of Maurice I Machell, Lt KSLI" at Grace on the Hill Church (Anglican) in Toronto after WWI. The window features the Lord, who is wearing a crown, surrounded by Angels, "Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth" -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of MAURICE IRVING MACHELL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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