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Military service
Service number:
799589
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 20, 1883
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas Pickard Gazey and Elizabeth Gazey, of 28, Luttoult Avenue, Toronto; husband of Mrs. Phoebe Gazey, of 10, Barrington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
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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) -
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) -
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". -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Thomas Henry Richard Gazey's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Todmorden Sons of England (SOE) war memorial
Memorial Tablet located at St. Barnabas Church, Danforth Avenue, Toronto. Erected by the Sons of England Benefit Society, Todmorden Lodge No. 298. Unveiled on August 21, 1920. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn memorial Project. dileas gu Brath -
Shoulder Patch 15th bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn memorial Project. dileas gu Brath
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Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Gazey was a member of the 134th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
The 15th Batallion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as “The Crow’s Nest”. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured the Crow’s Nest on 1 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Document
Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Richard Gazey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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