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Military service
Service number:
171301
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
October 19, 1877
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 12, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Grace Freeman of Toronto, Ontario.
Father of Private Douglas Freeman, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Douglas Freeman
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Sons of England Benefit Society
Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial. -
Newspaper clipping
His son was Pte. Douglas Freeman, 26200, 14 BN QC Regt., who died on May 20th, 1915. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Douglas Freeman
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Douglas Freeman
In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Douglas Freeman
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Photo of Douglas Freeman
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Family Photo
Douglas posing with his children, Laurence and Lorna. Photo was taken in 1909. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Freeman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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