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Shrapnel's Great-Grandson, A. B. Shrapnel Webber, of Orillia, great-grandson of Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell. He is wearing the scar(...)
Shrapnel's Great-Grandson, A. B. Shrapnel Webber, of Orillia, great-grandson of Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell. He is wearing the scar(...)

Shrapnel's Great-Grandson, A. B. Shrapnel Webber, of Orillia, great-grandson of Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell. He is wearing the scar(...)

Date3/20/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shrapnel's Great-Grandson; A. B. Shrapnel Webber; of Orillia; great-grandson of Henry Shrapnel; inventor of the shrapnel shell. He is wearing the scarlet dress coat which belonged to Gen. Shrapnel when he was presented at the court of William IV.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105319F
Shot, shell and shrapnel : Tommy in the trenches
Shot, shell and shrapnel : Tommy in the trenches
approximately 1918
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He's of 'the firebrand's' line. Meet William Lyon Mackenzie King IV, who came onto the scene last Friday, but as yet has worked up no interest in the election. The 7-pound, 9-ounce descendant of 'firebrand' William Lyon Mackenzie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M. King, a great nephew of Canada's long-time prime minister, and grandson of Surgeon-Lt. King, who went down with the destroyer HMCS St. Croix during World War II.
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