Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 17.
Additional information
Son of Mr. J. B. and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Leslie, of Guelph, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
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Photo of William Leslie
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Roll of Honour
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable." -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Memorial
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Photo of William Brown Leslie
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Bio
From the Manitoba/ Northern Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Brown Leslie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 449 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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