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Military service
Service number:
7000
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 11, 1892
Gillingham, Kent, England
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 15, 1915
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Fanny A. Gaines, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Corporal William Henry Gaines
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William Henry Gaines
William Henry Gaines is remembered on this war memorial in Dundas, Ontario. -
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) -
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) -
Family Photo
Gaines Family portrait holding framed picture of William Henry Gaines -
Memorial Cross
Service medal front -
Memorial Cross
Service medal rear -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gaines
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 15 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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