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Military service
Service number:
644405
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 116th Bn.
Birth:
November 24, 1895
Enlistment:
Midland, Ontario
Death:
July 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arnold; husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth Arnold, of 371, Midland Avenue, Midland, Ontario.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Mr. Percy Arnold enlisted with the 157th Infantry Battalion Simcoe Foresters and sailed to England October 18th 1916. The Battalion was broken up and was absorbed into the 116th Battalion. He had obtained the rank of Sgt. with the 157th but he was reverted to Cpl. in the 116th. -
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
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Corporal Percy Alexander Arnold
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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