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Gordon Stanley Wilder

In memory of:

Private Gordon Stanley Wilder

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

142147

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Citation(s):

There was no mention of medals earned on Pte Wilders' service file.

Additional Information

Born:

August 25, 1892
Parry Sound, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 4, 1915
Niagara Camp, Ontario

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilder, of Haileybury, Ontario. He was single and listed his civilian occupation as prospector. Sailed from Halifax to England on the Empress of Britain on 23 April 1916, joining the 76th Battalion. He transferred to the 20th Battalion on 20 June 1916. He remained with that Battalion until his death. Pte Wilder is commemorated on a memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.

Commemorated on Page 349 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. D. 24.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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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 GORDON STANLEY WILDER– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of GORDON STANLEY WILDER – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Commemorative Plaque– Maganetawan, Ontario

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    Commemorative Plaque – Maganetawan, Ontario
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the New Liskeard (Temiskaming) Speaker for 17 May 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the New Liskeard (Temiskaming) Speaker for 17 May 1917.
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    Newspaper Clipping
  • Group photo– Pte.Wilder war medal was restored and donated back to the town of Parry Sound where Pte. G.S. Wilder was from. The medal was restored by Cpl Ryan Gingras serving regular infantry soldier and veteran of Afghanistan. Mr. Dave Thomson organized the medals safe return home from another seller on ebay, and the medal was paid for and donated by Kellie Hooper of Parry Sound, the picture is of a parade held to mark remembrance of Pte. Wilder and soldiers of the great war in Parry Sound the day the medal was donated back to his home town.

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    Group photo – Pte.Wilder war medal was restored and donated back to the town of Parry Sound where Pte. G.S. Wilder was from. The medal was restored by Cpl Ryan Gingras serving regular infantry soldier and veteran of Afghanistan. Mr. Dave Thomson organized the medals safe return home from another seller on ebay, and the medal was paid for and donated by Kellie Hooper of Parry Sound, the picture is of a parade held to mark remembrance of Pte. Wilder and soldiers of the great war in Parry Sound the day the medal was donated back to his home town.
  • Photo of GORDON STANLEY WILDER– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of GORDON STANLEY WILDER
    Photo of GORDON STANLEY WILDER – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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