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So to give you a bit of an idea.... just here in the Southeast.... there were 111 Vimy casualties. Not many communities were left untouched by this battle 104 years ago (1917 to 2021).
Lest us Forget, We will Remember Them!
First World War
Men from the Oxbow area that were killed at Vimy:
830433 Private Arthur Edward Chrismas (44th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment) killed in action 12 April.
81564 Private William Milne Mathewson (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
148442 Private Edward Pickering (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
925819 Corporal Ernest Riley Richardson (46th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 13 April.
Arcola and Kisbey Vimy Casualties:
925559 Private Barclay James Albert Osborne (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) from Kisbey, SK and
426777 Private William Joseph Rogers (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) from Arcola, SK were both killed on the 9th of April 1917 at Vimy.
925483 Private Alexander King (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Arcola, SK. was killed on the 10th of April at Vimy and
718478 Private Samuel Montgomery Linder (44th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment) of Arcola, SK was killed on the 12th of April.
First World War
Carlyle's Vimy Casualty:
925519 Private Martin McConnell (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed on 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge.
Stoughton's contribution to Vimy:
907439 Private Russell Ault Allin (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
907446 Private Floyd Lester Northrup (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
907697 Private Lorne Hamilton Salley (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
The men of the Carievale area who fell at Vimy:
925960 Private Ernest James Furze (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
925937 Private William George Palmer (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 12th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
Men from the Communities in the Southeast
Vimy Ridge Casualties:
From the town of Forget:
871504 Private Louis Boniver (16th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
From the town of Heward:
907194 Private Henry Sawyer (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) died of his wounds received at Vimy Ridge on April 15th.
From the town of Redvers:
426817 Private Clifford Arthur Honeyman (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on April 10th.
Glen Ewen, SK casualties of Vimy:
925946 Private George Miller (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died 10 April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925439 Private John Murdock McLeod (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 15th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925521 Private Frank Rowe (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
RM of Lomond #37 Vimy casualties:
925928 Private Bertram Arthur (Bert) Lambert (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Maxim, SK. was killed in action on the 9th of April.
235194 Private Orion Garner (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) of Colgate, SK. was killed in action on the 9th of April.
The men of the Tribune and Bromhead who fell at Vimy:
925248 Private Alexander Brick (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Tribune, SK. died on the 12th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925696 Private John Thompson Anderson of Bromhead, SK. (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 11th of April of gunshot wounds to the right side sustained three weeks earlier.
The men of the Gainsborough area who fell at Vimy:
925604 Private William Duncan (52nd Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died on the 4th of April of wounds sustained during the preparations for Vimy Ridge.
925878 Private Bertram Vaughan Matthews (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 13 April.
875334 Private George Davidson Smith (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
Men from the Communities in the Southeast
Vimy Ridge Casualties:
Men from the Alameda area that were killed at Vimy:
718192 Private Frederick Baguley (16th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
235038 Private Stanley Lyle Cronk (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on April 11th.
926045 Private Francis Richard (Frank) Foster (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
234839 Private (George) Edmond Hayter (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on April 14th.
From the town of Hume (east of Weyburn):
925029 Private Ernest Walter Cutridge (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wawota:
907885 Private Ian Norman Reid Berry (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
From the town of Fletwode:
186149 Corporal William Hourd (24th Battalion, Québec Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Huronville:
907836 Private Ernest Wilfred Sallans (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Handsworth:
115975 Private Bryant Oliver Ross (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 12th of April.
From the town of Moosomin:
551380 Private George Lewis (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
446433 Corporal George Norman Potter (15th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Fleming:
151796 Private Sydney Victor Lowe (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wapella:
115215 Private Norman Caswell Sayer (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
116440 Private James Tudge (72nd Battalion, British Columbia Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Golden Plain:
875064 Private Charles Gentle (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Glenavon:
551347 Private Redfern Edward Gee (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
908157 Private Chester Cecil Hammett (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Alsask:
204115 Lance Corporal Andrew David (Andy) Edwards (13th Battalion, Québec Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Odessa:
812192 Private Patrick Michael O'Dwyer (50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed inaction on the 10th of April.
From the town of Whitewood:
105045 Private Selby Mervin Robertson ((28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Broadview:
551314 Trooper John Blundell (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
116744 Private Joseph Taylor (2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
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Men from the Communities in the Southeast
Vimy Ridge Casualties:
From the town of Grenfell:
874414 Private Reginald John Rufus Howe (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
475465 Lance Corporal Charles Douglas (Dick) Richardson (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) was killed in action by an enemy shell at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
81599 Corporal Enoch Aldred Mitchell (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 10th of April.
From the town of Summerberry:
216207 Private Ernest Snowdon (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wolseley:
907724 Private William Rapheal Dillon (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Montmartre:
907620 Private (William) Spencer Hollowell (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
From the town of Sintaluta:
234868 Private (Israel) Roy Blakely (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Indian Head:
104248 Private George William Glew (44th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
551374 Private Thomas Johnson (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
81454 Private James Burton Johnston (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 17th of April.
115136 Private Sheraton Bernard Logan (31st Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
426356 Sergeant George William Thacker (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Radville:
925396 Private William Henry Butterworth ((5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
From the town of Ceylon:
925113 Private John Cawley (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Bengough:
782464 Private Harry Hugginson (50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on the 11th of April.
From the village of Khedive:
926037 Private Malcolm Thornton Burright (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Horizon:
925546 Private Howard Harry Ford (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Querrin:
925440 Private Harry Chamberlain (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Yellow Grass:
925452 Private Denton Boyne Ferguson (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925110 Private George William Lister (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 13th of April.
925594 Private Joseph Gordon McKinnon (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Milestone:
105961 Private John Stanley Bowden (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Creelman:
907512 Private Donald James Mackenzie (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Ogema:
925390 Private Frank Elwood Baird (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925216 Private Jesse Wilson Barnett (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 13th of April.
925195 Private George William Berry (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925458 Private Ernest Foster Heron (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 12th of April.
925620 Private Andrew Milne (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 17th of April. Milne was wounded at Vimy Ridge and was aboard an ambulance ship (HMT Donegal or (HMHS Lanfranc) torpedoed between Le Havre and Southampton.
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