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Military service
Service number:
B/67824
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 1, 1919
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 4, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24. Column 1.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Alice Montgomery, of Brighton, Ontario.
Twin brother of Private Ralph Eric Montgomery, who died of wounds on August 21, 1942, while serving with the Royal Regiment of Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur William Montgomery
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Brookwood Memorial
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Inscription
Private ARTHUR WILLIAM MONTGOMERY is one of seven members of the Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. Privates RALPH ERIC MONTGOMERY and ARTHUR WILLIAM MONTGOMERY were brothers. Ralph Eric is recorded as having died of wounds on August 21, 1942. Arthur William and the remaining soldiers are recorded as having died on August 19, 1942. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Montgomery
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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