Military service
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Son of Joseph Spooner, of Bury St. Edmund's, England; husband of Alice S. Spooner, of 4, Jarvis St., Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P>
Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953."
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
Postcards: Black and white postcard of Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner, in uniform. Front: Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner. 18th Batt. [Symbol of cross] Nov. 14, 1915. Reverse: Platoon Sergt J. Spooner, 18th Battn. C.E.F., 4th Brigade. Killed in action 14th November 1915. Source -
Kitchener Public Library Collection online
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Joseph Spooner
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953."
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Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial.
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Postcards: Black and white postcard of Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner, in uniform. Front: Platoon Sergeant J. Spooner. 18th Batt. [Symbol of cross] Nov. 14, 1915. Reverse: Platoon Sergt J. Spooner, 18th Battn. C.E.F., 4th Brigade. Killed in action 14th November 1915. Source - Kitchener Public Library Collection online
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In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Slijpstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg. (Connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
4 km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side lies Elzenwalle Military Cemetery, which marks the junction with Slijpstraat. RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY lies 1 Km along the Slijpstraat, after a small staggered crossroads.
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