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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 25th Bn.
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. O. 13.
Additional information
Son of George and Helen Stairs. Born at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
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Memorial
Fort Massey Church, Halifax -
Photo of John Cuthbert Stairs
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
John Cuthbert Stairs is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
Digital gallery of
Captain John Cuthbert Stairs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 167 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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