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Military service
Service number:
9246
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
May 19, 1894
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of John and Matilda Shields, of 24, Maple Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Laurence Scanlon Shields
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Biography
L. S. Shields' biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals. -
University School Tribute
Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included L. S. Shields' photo and biography on their roll of honour. -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
War Memorial
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: 'DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE', and 'So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.' (John Bunyan). -
Inscription
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Scanlon Shields
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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