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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
April 13, 1888
Truro, Nova Scotia
Death:
July 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 1.
Additional information
Son of George Albert and Anna Morton Layton (nee Eaton). Born at Truro, Nova Scotia. A Barrister (Vancouver, B.C.).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Francis Layton
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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 Cemetery
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Francis Paul Hamilton Layton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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