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Military service
Service number:
1645
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Division:
5th Field Amb.
Birth:
February 11, 1892
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 23, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Patrick and Maria Hanney, of Toronto West, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Hanney
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Honour Roll
WWI Roll of Service includes names of all the members of the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church who served in the war. 55 men died as a result of their war service. -
Commemorative Plaque
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church (est. 1885), 190 Medland St., Toronto, ON. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Hanney
Digital gallery of
Private William Hanney
Digital gallery of
Private William Hanney
Digital gallery of
Private William Hanney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 98 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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