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Son of John William and Martha Jane Spanner, of 3 Hassard Avenue, Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario
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Captain Herbert Spanner
WWI War Memorial Windows at the Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario
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Captain Herbert Spanner
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario. The current building was dedicated in 1872 as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church.
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Captain Herbert Spanner
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Excerpts from Huntsville ON Forester 25 May 1916
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Huntsville ON Forester 10 May 1917
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Huntsville ON Forester 18 Jan 1917
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Captain Herbert Spanner
Excerpts from Huntsville ON Forester 26 Oct 1916
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Toronto Daily Star, 01 Aug 1917 and Huntsville Forester, 02 Aug 1917 / Details of RFC Capt. Spanner's death and burial in France. A witness initially identified burial in the Ervillers church yard.
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Captain Herbert Spanner
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Herbert Spanner
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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WWI War Memorial Windows at the Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario
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WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario. The current building was dedicated in 1872 as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Excerpts from Huntsville ON Forester 25 May 1916
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Huntsville ON Forester 10 May 1917
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Huntsville ON Forester 18 Jan 1917
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Excerpts from Huntsville ON Forester 26 Oct 1916
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Toronto Daily Star, 01 Aug 1917 and Huntsville Forester, 02 Aug 1917 / Details of RFC Capt. Spanner's death and burial in France. A witness initially identified burial in the Ervillers church yard.
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 574 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ervillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, between Arras and Bapaume, almost midway between Mory and Courcelles-le-Comte. The cemetery lies on the south-west side on the Rue de L'Eglise.
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