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10 August 1918 : 916855 Corporal Harry Cecil Ellis
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Born 6 September 1891 in Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire, their fifth child, the son of George and Zenobia Ellis of Parnell Road, Clevedon, Somerset. At the April 1911 Census, the 18 year old Harry, now a grocer, lived at the imposing 18 Hill Road, Clevedon with 9 others, most of whom, including the Head of the House were drapers and milliner...
An Unintentional War Heroine by Joyce H. Munro
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With her long auburn hair pinned up in loose curls, her coy smile and delicate beauty, Alice Elizabeth Thomson (1861-1920) was a luminary of Toronto society at the turn of the century. She and her sisters belonged to several ladies clubs and they were “at home” on Mondays to receive guests at 152 Bloor Street East. Given her good looks and high...