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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
Liverpool, England
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 36.
Additional information
Son of Robert Dawson Harling and Eleanor Harling, of Toronto, Ontario. Native of Liverpool, England.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
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Biography
In memory of the students from Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ontario), who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Thomas Leslie Harling
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Biography
Thomas Leslie Harling's biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals. -
University School Tribute
Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included Thomas Leslie Harling's photo and biography on their roll of honour. -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Photo of Thomas Harling
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Lt. T. L. Harling 5th C.M.R." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Document
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 Thomas Leslie Harling
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Harling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 98 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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