Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
150627
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
May 20, 1874
St. Peters, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 22, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
March 29, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Levi and Anne Stranger; husband of Margaret (Harper) Stranger of Selkirk, Manitoba. Father of Eliza, Soloman, Robert, Thomas, Walter, Joseph and Earl.
Digital gallery of Private David William Stranger
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Photo of David Stranger
David William Stranger husband of Margaret (Nee Harper) from St. Peters Indian Reserve @ Selkirk, Manitoba Died at Vimy Ridge. No known grave marker at Vimy or in Canada. -
Essay (Page 1)
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
Letter to Selkirk Newspaper Dec 19, 1916. Selkirk Weekly Record Jan 12, 1917, thank you letter from “somewhere in France” to Home Economic Society in Selkirk, MB for Christmas Gift parcel. Notice how he signs off “The Maple Leaf forever” He must have been very patriotic, especially going to war at age 42. -
Family Photo
Left to right front row - Thomas (son), David, Joseph (son), Walter (son), Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - wife). Left to right back row - Solomon (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son). -
Family Photo
Taken after David died. Left to right standing - Walter (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son), Margaret Smith (nee Stranger - David’s sister), Thomas (son). Left to right sitting - Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - David's wife), Earl (son), Joseph (son) Anne Stranger (nee Hope - David's mom). -
Family Photo
Standing - Margaret Stranger nee Harper (David’s wife). Sitting - Mrs. Margaret Harper (Nee Thomas – Margaret’s mom), Mary (daughter), Joseph (son), unknown child, David. -
Envelope
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Letter
April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment. -
Letter
April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment. -
Newspaper clipping
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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