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Military service
Service number:
643476
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
157th Bn.
Birth:
December 14, 1890
Death:
September 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Annie Elizabeth Flay, of Ford Cottage, New Milton, Hampshire, England, and the late William Henry Flay.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Flay
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Newspaper clipping
This item appeared in the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 8, on September 21, 1916. -
Attestation Papers
The front side of Harry Flay's military Attestation Paper. -
Attestation Papers
The reverse side of Harry Flay's military Attestation Paper. -
Grave Marker
Private Harry Flay's grave marker in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Church Street, Cookstown, Ontario. Private Flay died of pneumonia at Camp Borden while serving in the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Inscription
Inscription on Private H. Flay's grave marker, St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Cookstown, Ontario. Oddly, his given name is shown as "Henry" (rather than "Harry") and the date of his death as September 19, 1917 (rather than September 19, 1916). (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Memorial Park
Cookstown Memorial Park -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Memorial
This street sign is in Cookstown, Ontario, at Flay Court, which was named in memory of Private Harry Flay. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Flay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COOKSTOWN (ST. JOHN'S) CHURCH CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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