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Harry Verity

Harry Verity
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
142012
Unit at enlistment: 
76th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
St. Paul's Methodist Church (Paris), Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
West Yorkshire
Birth city: 
Pudsey
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
England
Trade or calling: 
Spinner
Employer: 
Penmans No. 9 Mill
Religious denominations: 
Wesleyan
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
25
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Letters and documents

BX August 30, 1916

Paris Man Wounded

Private Harry Verity is the latest Paris man to be wounded in action.  Private Verity enlisted with the 76th Battalion, but later went over with a draft to England, and had been in the trenches for some time.

BX October 30, 1941

VERITY – At Westminster Hospital, London, on Wednesday, October 29, 1941, Harry Verity, beloved husband of Elizabeth Whitehead.  Funeral service will be held at his late residence, 68 West River Street, Paris, on Saturday, November 1, 1941, at 2 p.m., with interment in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ontario.

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