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Toronto [227]

Toronto, Ontario [121]

Toronto ON [50]

Toronto, Canada [34]

Toronto, Durham, England [14]

Toronto New South Wales [8]

Toronto, York, Ontario [7]

Toronto Ontario [4]

Ontario, Toronto [3]

Toronto, Ont [2]

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York, Toronto [2]

28 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]

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Private [75]

Nursing Sister [37]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Captain [26]

Major [11]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [8]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Nurse [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Doctor [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Driver [2]

Flight Commander [2]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

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CPT [1]

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Civilian Prisoner of War [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

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Cook [1]

Deck Hand [1]

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Flight Sub Lieutenant (Pilot) [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Hon Maj [1]

Lietenant [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Army Medical Corps [43]

Canadian Infantry [42]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Canadian Engineers [11]

Canadian Field Artillery [11]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [6]

Canadian Army Service Corps [5]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Canadian Chaplain Services [4]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Canadian Forestry Corps [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Artillery [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

10th regiment [1]

129th Battln [1]

15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

214th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

224th Forestry Corp [1]

2nd C O [Central Ontario] Regiment [1]

2nd Contigent [1]

2nd Queens Own Canadian Rifles [1]

32nd Reserve Battalion [1]

3rd Infantry [1]

48th Highlanders [1]

67th Battery [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

American Ambulance Hospital [1]

American Red Cross [1]

American Red Cross relief unit [1]

Army Medical Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

C.F.A. 4th Bttln [1]

CFA [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps - Hydrological Unit [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [230]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

British Army [56]

Royal Navy [40]

Other Empire Force [14]

Last name first letter

M [53]

B [48]

S [41]

H [40]

C [39]

A [33]

R [29]

D [26]

F [25]

T [25]

G [22]

L [21]

W [21]

P [16]

K [15]

J [9]

E [8]

N [7]

O [6]

I [5]

Q [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [462]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

Canada [62]

United Kingdom [7]

Australia [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Toronto [227] Toronto, Ontario [121] Toronto ON [50] Toronto, Canada [34] Toronto, Durham, England [14] Toronto New South Wales [8] Toronto, York, Ontario [7] Toronto Ontario [4] Ontario, Toronto [3] Toronto, Ont [2] Toronto, Ontario, Canada [2] York, Toronto [2] 28 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1] Gladstone Square Toronto [1] London, Toronto [1] Mimico, Toronto [1] Mimico, Toronto, Ontario [1] Morant Bay, Toronto PO, Surrey [1] Norway, Toronto, Ontario [1] Pefferlaw, Toronto. Ontario [1] Toronto , Ontario [1] Toronto CANADA [1] Toronto Municipality Ontario, Canada [1] Toronto Ontario, Canada [1] Toronto, ON [1] Toronto, York County [1] Toronto, York County Ontario [1] Toronto. [1] Walmer Road Toronto. [1] York (Toronto), Ontario [1] York Toronto Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [75] Nursing Sister [37] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [28] Captain [26] Major [11] Gunner [8] Sapper [8] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Nurse [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Doctor [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Colonel [2] Driver [2] Flight Commander [2] Flight Sub Lieutenant [2] Munitions Worker [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Bombadier [1] Brigadier General [1] CPT [1] Captain CAMC [1] Captian [1] Chief Medical Officer [1] Civilian Prisoner of War [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant (Pilot) [1] Hon Capt [1] Hon Cpt [1] Hon Maj [1] Lietenant [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Army Medical Corps [43] Canadian Infantry [42] Royal Flying Corps [14] Canadian Engineers [11] Canadian Field Artillery [11] Canadian Mounted Rifles [6] Canadian Army Service Corps [5] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Canadian Chaplain Services [4] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Canadian Forestry Corps [3] French Red Cross [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Artillery [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Scots [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 10th regiment [1] 129th Battln [1] 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 214th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 224th Forestry Corp [1] 2nd C O [Central Ontario] Regiment [1] 2nd Contigent [1] 2nd Queens Own Canadian Rifles [1] 32nd Reserve Battalion [1] 3rd Infantry [1] 48th Highlanders [1] 67th Battery [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] American Ambulance Hospital [1] American Red Cross [1] American Red Cross relief unit [1] Army Medical Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] C.F.A. 4th Bttln [1] CFA [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps - Hydrological Unit [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [230] Australian Imperial Force [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] British Army [56] Royal Navy [40] Other Empire Force [14]

Last name first letter

M [53] B [48] S [41] H [40] C [39] A [33] R [29] D [26] F [25] T [25] G [22] L [21] W [21] P [16] K [15] J [9] E [8] N [7] O [6] I [5] Q [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [462] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

Canada [62] United Kingdom [7] Australia [1] United States [1]

James Creswell Auld

Born 1895

Died 1928

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 2nd Contigent 16th Artillery Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17469 Captain 16th Battery

17469 CPT 16th Battery

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Charles Southwell De Gruchy

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 10th Battery 3rd Brigade

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Frederick Charles Andrews

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

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Myer Tutzer Cohen

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 129th Battln

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Frank Granger Quigley

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 635

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 70 Squadron

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Daniel Galer Hagarty

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Charles Summer Lund Hertzberg

Born 1886

Died 1944

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Thomas Craik Irving

Born 1879

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Engineers 2nd Field Company

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Henry Robert Lindsay Wright

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304343

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Artillery Reserve Brigade

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Walter Eyre Curry

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 83rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 3rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 3rd Battalion

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Victor Gordon Austin

Born 1893

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3232537

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Grace Batten Mcpherson

Born 1886

Died 1963

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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James Wells Ross

Born 1890

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Field Artillery 9th Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant First Canadian Division

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Field Artillery 9th Battery

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Oman Wood Froom

Born 1898

Died 1980

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152433 Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Frank Mewborne Dunn

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Durham Light Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 521044 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 5 Overseas General Hospital

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Thomas Reeves Gill

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 679078

Canadian Expeditionary Force 679078 Private Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion

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Geoffrey Allan Snow

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 48th Highlanders 92nd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 48th Highlanders 15th Battalion

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John Wilson Tough, M.s.m.

Born 1889

British Army 861 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 861 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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Arthur Wilson Kilgour

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Richard Austin Brown

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry, 15th Battalion

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