Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6023034

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5116 - 8

Title: Canadian Attestation Papers

Description: At the time of their enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Officer’s completed a Declaration Paper, volunteers a two sided Attestation Paper and conscripts a single sided Enlistment form. They each contain brief details about the individual. Images supplied by Libraries and Archives Canada. This source was connected by Imperial War Museums.

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/498997

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

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ID: 8538342

Name: http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbkerrgf.htm

Title: Record of Victorio Cross recipients

Description: on line list of recipients of VC and military record

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URL: http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbkerrgf.htm
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ID: 8538356

Name: https://deserontoarchives.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/100-years-ago-george-fraser-kerr-enlisted/

Title: Records of G F Kerr war service

Description: WWW site with original records of service and decorations

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ID: 8548193

Title: The London Gazette - Victoria Cross

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31108/supplement/306
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ID: 8548194

Title: Profile on Wikipedia.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fraser_Kerr
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ID: 8553152

Title: Profile on Wikipedia.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fraser_Kerr
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ID: 8553153

Title: Victoria Cross

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ID: 8554319

Title: Capt Kerr VC

Description: photo in uniform from newspaper rpt of his death, Sunday Dec 8 1929, 5 days after returning from London from Prince of Wales's dinner fro V.C.s

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ID: 8569104

Name: 978-1-4597-2848-6

Reference: Public library

Title: For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War edited by Gerald Gliddon

Description: Military details and bio

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ID: 9653855

Title: Service File

Description: Military service record of George Fraser Kerr, VC. Digitised by Library and Archives Canada.

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URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=5116-08
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ID: 9653862

Title: Plaque in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Description: There is a plaque outside of the armoury in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada honouring Captain Kerr. It is one of three such plaques in a small garden on the armoury's front lawn. This is a close-up of the English text on that plaque. It gives some biographical information and details the military actions which led to Captain Kerr's decorations.

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