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Military service
Service number:
3032315
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
December 13, 1892
Death:
September 14, 1918
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Son of Henry and Laura Summers.
Digital gallery of Private Harry James Summers
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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. -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Harry James Summers
Digital gallery of
Private Harry James Summers
Digital gallery of
Private Harry James Summers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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