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Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Chadwick, of Toronto, Ontario.
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Norman Francis Chadwick's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
The Boys of the 83rd Battalion.
Norman is the 3 from right with arms around his buddies.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 189 of 958.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Francis Chadwick
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Norman Francis Chadwick's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street.
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The Boys of the 83rd Battalion. Norman is the 3 from right with arms around his buddies.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 189 of 958.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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 April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium
The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:
TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:
HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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