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Aug 29, 1884
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Born at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Nov 9, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion at
Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59958 (temporary number 978)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs Norton-Taylor of Wellington St. Kingston
Ontario
o Later changed to Mrs HE Marsh of Austen Way (RNS), Gerrards Cross,
England
o Also note to notify Mr Norton Taylor (son) of Sarnia Ontario
Ø Stated to be single
Ø Previous occupation given as Salesman
Ø Previous military experience given as 7th Regt, New York
National Guard
Ø Religion given as Church of England
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Mar 11, 1915
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Promoted to rank of Corporal
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Devonport England and proceeded
to West Sanding Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Jul 1, 1915
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Confirmed in rank of Cpl
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked at Folkstone for France
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Boulogne France
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Dec 26, 1915
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Promoted to rank of Sgt, to replace Sgt Harvey
(59433)
Note the file gives the number as 59443, but that
number belonged to Pte Roy Hawkins. No 59433
belonged to Sgt HJ Harvey
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May 3, 1916
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Sent to Cadet School pending Commission
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May 6, 1916
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Admitted to No 10 Stationary Hospital at St
Omer, France, disease not determined
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Jun 9, 1916
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Rejoined battalion from school, hospital and
leave
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Aug 6, 1916
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Commissioned as a Lieutenant
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Sep 16, 1916
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Reported as killed in action
Lieut
Hugh Norton-Taylor has no known grave and is commemorated on the Memorial at Vimy Ridge,
France
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British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-15
Star were sent to his brother, WH Norton-Taylor of Brockville Ontario
No Memorial Cross was issued as his mother
predeceased him, and he was not married.
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During
the Remembrance Day ceremonies in 2008, Veteran's Affairs Canada conducted a vigil each
night for the week leading up to November 11. This vigil consisted of projecting the
names of every Canadian soldier who is listed with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
on various buildings and monuments across Canada, and in London England. The photo
below shows Hugh Norton-Taylor's name being projected on the outside wall of Canada House
in London England.
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of Hugh Norton-Taylor being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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