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Military service
Service number:
171483
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
83rd Bn.
Birth:
May 2, 1892
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Howarth, of Swansea, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
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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. -
Sons of England Benefit Society
Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial. -
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) -
National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Ernest Howarth
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Joseph Howarth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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