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Son of Jacob and Mary McKay, of Woodbridge, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Percival Albert McKay
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
Photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
Central Methodist (United) Church, Calgary, Alberta. The Memorial Tablet has the following dedication: IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. The Memorial Tablet was unveiled on Sunday, July 1st, 1923.
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
Detail of World War One Memorial Tablet at Central Methodist (United) Church in Calgary. There are 204 names in total listed. The central section lists 36 names on the Roll of Honour while the two outside sections list the men who served and survived the war.
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
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Corporal Percival Albert McKay
Woodbridge Memorial tower.
A bronze plaque at the base of the tower commemorates those fallen in World War I and reads as follows:
"In Honor of the Men of this Community Who Laid Down their Lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918."
Brank Birch
James Borland
Fred Evans
Norman Fleming
George Grumble
W.S. Harris
Richard Harrison
William Haslam
D.R. MacKenzie
Beaton McGillivary
Pearcy McKay
Herbert Miller
Edward Morgan John Morgan
Robert Rayside
Stanley Robb
Earnest Smith
Roy Taverner
Tex Tinkes
Stanley Warrel
Roy Warren
Christopher Watt
John Wilson
David Witherspoon
Wallace Wood
J.A. Wright
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England
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Central Methodist (United) Church, Calgary, Alberta. The Memorial Tablet has the following dedication: IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. The Memorial Tablet was unveiled on Sunday, July 1st, 1923.
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Detail of World War One Memorial Tablet at Central Methodist (United) Church in Calgary. There are 204 names in total listed. The central section lists 36 names on the Roll of Honour while the two outside sections list the men who served and survived the war.
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Woodbridge Memorial tower. A bronze plaque at the base of the tower commemorates those fallen in World War I and reads as follows: "In Honor of the Men of this Community Who Laid Down their Lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918." Brank Birch James Borland Fred Evans Norman Fleming George Grumble W.S. Harris Richard Harrison William Haslam D.R. MacKenzie Beaton McGillivary Pearcy McKay Herbert Miller Edward Morgan John Morgan Robert Rayside Stanley Robb Earnest Smith Roy Taverner Tex Tinkes Stanley Warrel Roy Warren Christopher Watt John Wilson David Witherspoon Wallace Wood J.A. Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 127 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2 Somme, France
Serre is a village 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 1.3 kilometres further along the D919, SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO 2 can be found on the left hand side.
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