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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
164164
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 23, 1896
Croydon, Surrey, England
Enlistment:
August 31, 1915
Niagara, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Walter William and Laura Perry. Husband of Annie Miriam Perry, of Toronto, Ontario
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Walter William Perry
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Paris War Memorial
Paris Ontario War Memorial. An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Photo of Walter William Perry
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Roll of Honour
This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930. -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WALTER WILLIAM PERRY
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Walter William Perry
Digital gallery of
Private Walter William Perry
Digital gallery of
Private Walter William Perry
Digital gallery of
Private Walter William Perry
Digital gallery of
Private Walter William Perry
Digital gallery of
Private Walter William Perry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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