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Military service
Service number:
7941
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th BN
Birth:
August 9, 1893
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mary Touchette, of 92, O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and the late Alexander Touchette.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 2 Bn (Ontario). Lance Corporal Touchette was a member of the 2nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cenotaph
Cenotaph Barrie, Ontario -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Street sign
Barrie street sign in honour of Willard Alfred Touchette with Poppy -
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) -
Photo of WILLARD ALFRED TOUCHETTE
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This plaque, in the entrance foyer of St. Mary's Catholic Church, 65 Amelia Street, Barrie, Ontario, commemorates members of the parish who died in World War I. Included is the name of Willard Touchette. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2022.) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Willard Alfred Touchette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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