Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Henry Fry Jr. and Laura Stevenson of Montréal, Québec. B.A., certified Charted accountant. Brother of Lieutenant Henry Stevenson Fry, enlisted as a private in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, regimental number 523, wounded in action November 17th, 1917, at Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium, and died of those wounds April 12th, 1919.
Received COTC training at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, from 1939 to 1940, second lieutenant in the Royal Rifles of Canada - NPAM - from 1940 to his integration into the regular forces of the 1st Battalion of this regiment. He served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force. He had 409 days of service, including 55 overseas."
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Memorial
Lieutenant WILLIAM SCARTH FRY is one of 22 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wam Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941 -
Photo of William Scarth Fry
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry courtesy McGill University archives -
Newspaper clipping
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry obit Montreal Star Jan 6 1943 courtesy McGill University archives -
Photo of William Scarth Fry
William Scarth Fry courtesy McGill University archives -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
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Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Scarth Fry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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