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LA CHAUDIÈRE MILITARY CEMETERY

​Vimy 
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.

Historical Information Vimy Ridge was taken by the Canadian Corps in April 1917 in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, although the 25th and 47th (London) Divisions had also been involved in heavy fighting there in May 1916. 

The cemetery was made at the foot of the ridge, on the north-eastern side, next to a house which had contained a camouflaged German gun position. Initially it was known as Vimy Canadian Cemetery No.1. It remained very small until the summer of 1919, when graves were brought in from many other small cemeteries and isolated sites (some of these from the 1916 fighting) on or near the ridge. Among the Cemeteries moved were Annapolis Cemetery (CC. 118, a group of 52 Canadian graves at the Bois de la Chaudiere); Sumack (or Gables) Cemetery (C.D. 19, close to Annapolis, containing 39 Canadian and 3 British graves); Chinook Cemetery (C.D. 31, on the Western side of the main road, 800 metres North of La Chaudiere, containing 33 Canadian and 6 British graves); the 38th Canadian Cemetery (C.D. 16, a little North-West of La Chaudiere, containing 16 Canadian graves and 7 of the 16th Royal Warwicks); and Avion British Cemetery (C.D. 33, or The Sandpits, a group of 20 Canadian and 3 British graves in the woods West of Avion); and among the isolated graves found were those of several men of the 8th Border Regiment who fell in the 1916 fighting. 

There are now 908 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 314 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate men whose graves in some of the concentrated cemeteries had been destroyed in subsequent fighting. 

Casualty Details: UK 268, Canada 638, Total Burials: 906

The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker
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808887 Private, John George Pattison, V. C.

50th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), killed in action 3rd June 1917, aged 42. Plot VI. C. 14. 

Son of Harry and Mary Pattison; husband of Mrs. S. L. Pattison, of Suite 12, Curtis Block, Calgary, Alberta. Native of New Cross, England.

 
Citation: 
An extract from "The London Gazette," No.30215, dated 31st July, 1917, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery in attack. When the advance of our troops was held up by an enemy machine gun, which was inflicting severe casualties, Pte. Pattison, with utter disregard of his own safety, sprang forward and, jumping from shell-hole to shell-hole, reached cover within thirty yards of the enemy gun. From this point, in face of heavy fire, he hurled bombs, killing and wounding some of the crew, then rushed forward overcoming and bayoneting the surviving five gunners. His valour and initiative undoubtedly saved the situation and made possible the further advance to the objective.

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Picture © Geerhard Joos
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883652 Private
Oswald Lynn Alexander
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
25th June 1917
Plot IX. G. 6.


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715935 Private
John George Baggs
Royal Canadian Regiment
9th April 1917, aged 24.
Plot VII. D. 3.

Son of Richard and Maria Baggs, of Adam's Cove, Bay-de-Verde, Newfoundland.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "He Gave Himself To Save Others."

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138004 Private
Lawson Baron
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 30.
Plot X. A. 13.

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Baron, of 133, Langford Avenue, Toronto, Canada. Native of Blackburn, England.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Killed In Action Remembered And Beloved By All."


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730669 Private
​Walter Bellamy
Royal Canadian Regiment
9th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot VII. A. 12.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vickers Bellamy, of Belwood, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than To Lay Down His Life For His Friends."

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477061 Private
John Samuel Bennett, M. M.
Royal Canadian Regiment
8th April 1917.
VIII. A. 8.


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718339 Private
​Sydney James Bevan
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Plot VIII. B. 19.

Husband of Christina M. Bevan, of 335, Vaughan St., Winnipeg.

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291855 Private
Louis Ford Bond
44th Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd June 1917, aged 29.
Plot V. A. 3.

Son of Mr and Mrs Jesse T Bond of Darlingford, Manitoba.


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Lieutenant
John Hatchell Halliday Christie
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
10th April 1917, aged 25.​
Plot VII. C. 2.

Son of the Rev. William John Christie and Emma Jane Halliday Christie, of Barnbidge, Ireland.

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812140 Private
Albert Dalton
49th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th June 1917, aged 27.
Plot IV. A. 13.

Son of James and Mary Dalton, of Kinmount, Ontario; husband of Alice Lucy Dalton, of Fabyan, Alberta.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This."

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838266 Private
Allan Daniel Dunoon
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, (Central Ontario Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot VII. C. 15.
 
He is seen here holding his nephew,  William Dunoon-Wilson - QMS B-159312 (WW2) and father of Bob Wilson who submitted this picture of his Great uncle.


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15140 Private
James Garth
8th Bn. Border Regiment
25th April 1916, aged 21.
Plot VII. D. 10.

Son of John and Emma Garth, of Field Cottage, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.


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883582 Private
Andrew Wilson Haney
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd June 1916
Plot IX. D. 8.


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874700 Private
​George Holland
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th June 1917
Sumach Cemetery Mem. 18.


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291555 Private
Pall Johannesson
46th Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Sakatchewan Regiment)
5th May 1917
Plot V. B. 19

He signed his attestation papers on January 8, 1916 in Baldur Manitoba. He was assigned to the 222nd overseas Battalion, C. E. F. Before he was then transferred to the 46th Battalion and killed in action on 5/5/17. 

Our family, three generations on, still knows how happy and caring Pall was. The family missed him deeply. His two adopted nieces, Florence and Margaret, wanted very badly to have their photo taken with Pall before he left (Image above right)

This photo and information is submitted by Al Thorleifson, Pall’s grand nephew.

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10th April 1917: A mosaic of aerial photographs showing "Red" Line, located at the southern end of Vimy Ridge in front of 1st Canadian Infantry Division, on the day after the Ridge was captured.
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Lieutenant
Percy George Leadley
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd June 1917, aged 32.
Plot V. B. 15.

Son of the Rev. Francis and Sophia Leadley, of Bournemouth, England.



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782326 Private
​William Sharp Lindsay
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
10th April 1917, aged 30.​
Plot VI. E. 17.

Son of David Wylie Lindsay, and Mary Sharp Lindsay, of "Kenilworth," Lenzie, Glasgow, Scotland.

His headstone bears the inscription; "God Is Love, Rest In The Lord."


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901565 Private
Joseph Alexander McPherson
42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917
Plot VIII. C. 19.


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144879 Private
​Peter James McLaren
42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th June 1917, aged 34.
Plot III. F. 3.

Brother of Mina J. McLaren, of Cumberland, Ontario.


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222394 Sergeant
Daniel John Morrison
85th Bn. Canadian Infantry
23rd August 1917, aged 29.
Plot III. B. 11.

Son of Mrs. Annie Morrison, of New Campbellton, Victoria Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Servant Of God Well Done Rest In Thy Saviour's Joy."

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Lieutenant
Ralph Douglas Reid
85th Bn. Canadian Infantry
5th May 1917, aged 24.
Plot IV. C. 2.

Son of A. J. and Bessie Reid, of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Not Lost But Gone Before."

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282773 Private
​Valentine Robbins
85th Bn. Canadian Infantry
21st August 1917
Plot IV. E. 15.



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447193 Private
Samuel Rodak
49th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th June 1917
Plot IV. D. 12.


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Vimy Ridge, France. c. 1917. German Army prisoners of war moving back behind the Canadian front line and through a German shell barrage during the battle for Vimy Ridge.
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460415 Sergeant
George Scott
44th Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd June 1917, aged 20.
Plot V. D. 1.

Son of John M. and May T. Scott, of 449, Vimy Rd., Kirkfield Park, Manitoba. Native of Scotland.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Asleep In The Arms Of Jesus."


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Lieutenant
Russell Wright Soper
116th Bn. Canadian Infantry 
2nd April 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. C. 3.

Son of the late Annon and Eliza Ann Soper, of Whitby, Ontario; husband of Alma P. Soper (nee Nutting), of Uxbridge, Ontario.


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234014 Sergeant
John Stewart Sutton Swain, M. M., and Bar.
44th Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd June 1917, aged 24.
Plot VI. C. 10.

Son of John and Jane Ann Swain, of Carmen, Manitoba.

​His headstone beards the inscription; "He Gave His Life For Righteousness Humanity And Freedom."

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147513 Lance Corporal
Cyrus Vaughan
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st July 1917, aged 30.
Plot IV. E. 17.

Son of W. and B. Vaughan; husband of C. Vaughan, of Molson, Manitoba.


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730383 Private
Arthur White
Royal Canadian Regiment
9th April 1917
Plot VI. E. 12.


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