True and Fascinating Canadian History
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Vimy. France
In Memory of:
Thomas George Bavin. WWI. KIA
and
Reg.#5089, RCMP Constable
George Edward Dunkley. WWI. KIA
and
Reg.#4816, RCMP Constable
Walter Gordon Kent. WWI. KIA
"The cost of the Battle of Vimy Ridge was high. More than 10,600 Canadians were wounded; nearly 3600 Canadians died. The German forces suffered 20,000 casualties."
Source.
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/ww1battles/ig/Pictures-Battle-of-Vimy-Ridge/
"551107 Trooper (Lord Strathcona's Horse) Thomas George Bavin (b.1891) of Battleford, SK was KIA 1917,12,01 and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial for soldiers who perished in northern France with no known grave.
He was the son of Mrs. T. Bavin of Crown Hill, Devon, England.
Thomas was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, served a year in the RNWMP and was a commercial traveller when he enlisted at Winnipeg early in 1916."
Source.
http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000000326
"426896 Private (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) George Edward Dunkley (b.1887) of Endeavour was KIA 1916,09,29 at Thiepval Ridge and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial north of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, for the 11,000+ Canadian soldiers who perished in northern France with no known grave. He was a native of Chelsea, Greater London, England, and served five years in the RNWMP. George homesteaded SE2-37-6-W2 southwest of Endeavour before enlisting at Regina in 1915, leaving a wife Annie."
Source.
http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000001638
July 28, 1936.
The ten RCMP members sent to France to represent Canada at the Canadian Vimy National Memorial were; Reg.#11569 Sergeant C. E. J. Widgery, Reg.#10437 Corporal H. Wilkins, Reg.#5524 Lance Corporal R. W. Warrior, and Constables Reg.#11036 R. J. E. Dobson, Reg.#11511 B. Dowling, Reg.#9972 A. Harness, Reg.#10915 S. J. Leach, Reg.10447 P. T. May, Reg.#11616 W. V. MacKinnon and Reg.#9902 J. Cullen.
Vimy : Notes Website Source & Appreciation.
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/ww1battles/ig/Pictures-Battle-of-Vimy-Ridge/
Commonwealth War Dead.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1565062/BAVIN,%20THOMAS%20GEORGEVimy Address:
France
Source for notes about Constable Thomas George Bavin's participation in WWI.
The Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial. http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000000326
