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Military service
Service number:
163862
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
November 25, 1896
Death:
October 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Margaret Linton, of 108, Smith Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Linton
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Alfred Linton was born in Toronto, Ontario. He had prior military experience as a signaller with the 91st Regiment (Canadian Highlanders) of Hamilton, Ontario. Linton enlisted in the 84th Battalion in Toronto on August 5th, 1915. In honoured memory. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ALFRED LINTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Linton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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