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Military service
Service number:
9371
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
August 29, 1889
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Agnes Sproul, Toronto; Ontario. Husband of Alice Easdale Rietberg (formerly Sproul), Toronto, Ontario. He listed his civilian occupation as painter.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Sproul
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Sproul
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 166 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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