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Military service
Service number:
163808
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
June 12, 1883
Death:
October 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Nathaniel and Annie Chalmers of West Toronto, Ontario. His brother, Private Alexander Chalmers, was killed in action on June 8, 1917 while serving with Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario) Regiment.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Chalmers
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Newspaper Clipping
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Medals
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Medals
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Letter
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Death certificate
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Chalmers
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM CHALMERS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Private William Chalmers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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