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Military service
Service number:
766391
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
June 20, 1895
Denton, Manchester, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
December 6, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Henry and Annie Harper, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private Edgar Harper, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Stanley William Harper
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Stanley is mentioned in this article about his brother Thomas. From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Stanley William Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Stanley William Harper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 251 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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