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Military service
Service number:
109685
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Death:
May 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Native of Hamilton. Brother of Mrs. Alex. Reynolds, of 60, Douglas St., Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Alfred Willis
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Private Harry Alfred Willis was killed in action in the trenches at Hooge in May 1916. His body was buried in the Maple Copse Cemetery near Hooge, approximately 2.5 miles east of Ypres. During the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916, and is subsequent battles, the original Maple Copse Cemetery was almost entirely obliterated. The cemetery, on the north side of the copse (plantation) was enclosed after the armistice, however few of the original graves could be identified. -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Alfred Willis
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Alfred Willis
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Alfred Willis
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Alfred Willis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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