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Son of Levi and Anne Stranger; husband of Margaret Stranger of Selkirk, Manitoba.
British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Private David William Stranger
David William Stranger husband of Margaret (Nee Harper) from St. Peters Indian Reserve @ Selkirk, Manitoba Died at Vimy Ridge. No known grave marker at Vimy or in Canada.
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Private David William Stranger
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Private David William Stranger
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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Private David William Stranger
Letter to Selkirk Newspaper Dec 19, 1916. Selkirk Weekly Record Jan 12, 1917, thank you letter from “somewhere in France” to Home Economic Society in Selkirk, MB for Christmas Gift parcel. Notice how he signs off “The Maple Leaf forever” He must have been very patriotic, especially going to war at age 42.
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Private David William Stranger
Left to right front row - Thomas (son), David, Joseph (son), Walter (son), Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - wife).
Left to right back row - Solomon (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son).
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Private David William Stranger
Taken after David died.
Left to right standing - Walter (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son), Margaret Smith (nee Stranger - David’s sister), Thomas (son).
Left to right sitting - Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - David's wife), Earl (son), Joseph (son) Anne Stranger (nee Hope - David's mom).
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Private David William Stranger
Standing - Margaret Stranger nee Harper (David’s wife).
Sitting - Mrs. Margaret Harper (Nee Thomas – Margaret’s mom), Mary (daughter), Joseph (son), unknown child, David.
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Private David William Stranger
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment.
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Private David William Stranger
April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment.
Digital gallery of
Private David William Stranger
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David William Stranger husband of Margaret (Nee Harper) from St. Peters Indian Reserve @ Selkirk, Manitoba Died at Vimy Ridge. No known grave marker at Vimy or in Canada.
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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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Letter to Selkirk Newspaper Dec 19, 1916. Selkirk Weekly Record Jan 12, 1917, thank you letter from “somewhere in France” to Home Economic Society in Selkirk, MB for Christmas Gift parcel. Notice how he signs off “The Maple Leaf forever” He must have been very patriotic, especially going to war at age 42.
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Left to right front row - Thomas (son), David, Joseph (son), Walter (son), Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - wife). Left to right back row - Solomon (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son).
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Taken after David died. Left to right standing - Walter (son), Eliza (daughter), Robert (son), Margaret Smith (nee Stranger - David’s sister), Thomas (son). Left to right sitting - Margaret Stranger (nee Harper - David's wife), Earl (son), Joseph (son) Anne Stranger (nee Hope - David's mom).
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Standing - Margaret Stranger nee Harper (David’s wife). Sitting - Mrs. Margaret Harper (Nee Thomas – Margaret’s mom), Mary (daughter), Joseph (son), unknown child, David.
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April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment.
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April 3, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant A. Petherick 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment.
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Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:
Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.
The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
On April 3, 2003, the Government of Canada designated April 9th of each year as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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