28 July 2018

Harry F. Allardice: CWGC Beechwood

Harry Frank Allardice was born 24 May 1888 in Fulham and baptized on 15 July that year. He migrated to Canada in 1907 and married Hilda Powell Chipman at Port Arthur on 30 December 1912. They moved to Ottawa where he was employed as a manager with the Silicate Brick Company, living at 133 Cartier in 1916. They had two sons, one predeceased him.
He attested with the Royal Flying Corps (RAF) as a Cadet on 3 January 1918 and was killed in an aircraft accident on 28 July 1918 at Deseronto, Ontario, having served for 207 days. He was buried on 1 August at Beechwood Cemetery in Sec. 29. D. RG 22. Grave 11.

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