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Military service
Service number:
413101
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
May 2, 1877
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Alice Lewis Whittlesea, of 153, Gloucester Grove, Fairbank, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William George Whittlesea
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Whittlesea
William (on left) with army comrade -
Medal
William Whittlesea's service medal(Front) -
Inscription
William Whittlesea's service medal(back) -
Inscription
William Whittlesea's name carved on the Vimy Memorial (photo taken July 1994) -
Cenotaph
Private William George Whittlesea is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private William George Whittlesea is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
Digital gallery of
Private William George Whittlesea
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 182 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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