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Military service
Service number:
460738
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
February 3, 1894
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Henry and Jane Hazell, of Cottage Farm, Great Bentley, Essex, England.
Digital gallery of Private Percy Hazell
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Medal
Death Disk & Medals of Pvt. 460738 Percy Hazell. 3rd Can. Inf. C.S.A. Killed at Regina Trench Oct. 8th 1916. Body never recovered. Death Disk & Medals courtesy of the Frederick Hazell Collection & Private Museum Langley BC. Canada. -
Photo of Percy Hazell
Photo of Pvt. 460738 Percy Hazell taken in 1915. KIA Oct. 8 1916. From old family photo album, IDed on the back "Our Percy killed in France 1916" -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Percy Hazell
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Hazell
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Hazell
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Hazell
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Hazell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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