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Military service
Service number:
201344
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
60th Bn.
Birth:
July 23, 1897
Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
October 27, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Hannah Compton of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Pte Charles Duncan Compton, 18th Battalion, killed in action at Vimy 9 April 1917.
Digital gallery of Private Harold Compton
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
A clearer view (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Harold Compton is mentioned in this article about the death of his brother at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Harold Compton was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. He enlisted in the 95th Battalion C.E.F. in Toronto on October 27th, 1915. In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HAROLD COMPTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HAROLD COMPTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Compton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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