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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
June 24, 1893
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.A.6.
Additional information
Son of George Kappele, K.C., and of K. R. Kappele, of 235, Lonsmount Drive, Forest Hill, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Osgoode Hall War Memorial
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
Article describing the unveiling of the memorial tablet dedicated to Lt. Ernest Reece Kappele. -
Photo of Ernest Kappele
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
World War I Memorial tablet
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content." -
Inscription
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Photo of Ernest Reece Kappele
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ERNEST REECE KAPPELE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Grave marker
25 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Reece Kappele
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 266 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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