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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Alexander Lee

In memory of:

Private Alexander Lee

March 1, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

164609

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

"D" Coy. 75th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 26, 1889

Son of Richard and Arm Mary Lee, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 273 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XV. D. 25.

Location:

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY is situated on the northern outskirts of Boulogne. From Calais follow the A16 to Boulogne and come off at Junction 3 and follow the D96E for Wimereux Sud. Continue on this road for approximately 1 kilometre when the TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY will be found on the left hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of ALEXANDER LEE– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Pte. Alexander Lee enlisted in Toronto with the 84th Battalion C.E.F. on November 4th, 1915.  In honoured memory.
  • Massey Harris Co. War Memorial– Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for the Massey Harris Company is 
located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West, 
Toronto, Ontario.
  • Inscription– His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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)
  • Vimy Memorial– Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)

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