This fonds consists chiefly of records related to William Victor Tranter (1894-1915), known as “Victor”, and his time serving with the 1st Canadian Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during World War I. Includes his diary written from December 27, 1914 to June 7, 1915 including his experiences at the Battle of Ypres, four letters written by Victor to family between April 1914 and May 1915, photograph of Victor ca. 1914, death certificate, correspondence from hospital chaplain, Sister Rose, and Town of Southampton to Victor’s parents, William and Annie Tranter, In Memoriam Card, transcript of cemetery registration and gravemarker, photograph of gravemarker at Wimereux Communal Cemetery Pas de Calais, France, and newspaper notice of Victor’s death.
Tranter, William VictorElements area
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- Bruce-region
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Bruce, County of
Bruce, County of
- NT Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of
- NT Brockton, Municipality of
- NT Egypt
- NT Elmwood
- NT Huron-Kinloss, Township of
- NT Kincardine, Municipality of
- NT Lindsay (Bruce)
- NT Northern Bruce Peninsula, Municipality of
- NT Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory
- NT Saugeen Shores
- NT Scone
- NT South Bruce Peninsula, Town of
- NT South Bruce, Municipality of
- NT Tara Siding
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Bruce, County of
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Bruce, County of
- RT Hanover