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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, H, 12.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Ward White
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Photo of William Ward White
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Ward White
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 476 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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