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In June of 1916, he was badly wounded in the Battle of Mount Sorrel at Sanctuary Wood near Hoge, West Flanders in Belgium. After recovering from his wounds, he returned to the front lines and on July 5, 1917, while with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the outskirts of Avion, Pas-de-Calais near Vimy Ridge in France, Captain Percival Molson was killed by a direct hit from a German howitzer.
In Percival Molson's will he left $75,000 to McGill University to help pay most of the costs for the construction of the stadium. Although it was officially dedicated as McGill Graduates' Stadium at an intercollegiate track meet on Oct. 22, 1915, the Board of Governors of the university renamed the facility Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on October 25, 1919, in honour of this fallen hero.
Digital gallery of Captain Percival Molson
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Coupure de presse
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Coupure de presse
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Coupure de presse
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo de Percival Molson
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Photo de Percival Molson
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Pierre Tombale
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England. -
Pierre Tombale
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Pierre Tombale
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Plaque
Capt Percival Molson MC memorial plaque -
Tableau d'honneur
This tablet is in honour of those members of the staff of National Trust Company Limited who from its several offices at Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Edmonton Saskatoon and Regina enlisted for service in the defence of the empire 1914 X 1918 James Rodger Buik Francis Cyprian Crummey Michael Flynn Gordon Budd Irving Percival Molson William Dickson Robertson Herbert Boyd Symonds Wilfrid Burton Tait James Wilson Gordon Stevenson Winnibrith -
Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
Digital gallery of
Captain Percival Molson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 295 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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