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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 3rd Bn.
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Amilius and Augusta Jarvis, of 34, Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto. Educated at Bishop Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario, A noted yachtsman, rugby football player and amateur boxer.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
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Photo of WILLIAM DUMMER POWELL JARVIS
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
War Memorial on the grounds of St. James Cathedral
This War Memorial stands on the grounds of St. James Cathedral in Toronto. The Cathedral is located on the corner of King & Church Streets, west of Yonge Street. This view shows Church Street just behind the Gothic Revival style Memorial. The base is inscribed with the names of the men from the Cathedral's Roll of Honour on 3 panels, and the 4th panel is a tribute to the men. -
St. James Catherdral War Memorial Panel
William Dummer Powell Jarvis is remembered on this panel at the base of the St. James War Memorial. -
St. James Main Dedication
Main dedication on the St. James War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 29 April 1915. -
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1915, May 5 -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Letter to Aemelius Jarvis, his father, from Sgd. J.E.L Streight (while as a pow) related to his son's actions on the day he died. -
Letter (Page 2)
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Letter (Page 4)
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Letter (Page 3)
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Dummer Powell Jarvis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 21 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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