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Military service
Service number:
426223
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Janet Askew Hewson (formerly Ramsay), of Silton, Saskatchewan, and the late Thomas Ramsay.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
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Stained Glass Window
A stained glass window at Silton United Church in Silton, SK was erected by the Silton United Church and Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 33. These windows are dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [centre/au centre] MY GRAVE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS DISTRIT WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD GREAT WAR 1914-1918 [left/à gauche] RENWICK W.H. ANDERSON FRED ATKINSON GEORGE FLAVEL WILLIAM J. ROSS [right/à droite] THOMAS RAMSAY JOHN P. RAMSAY ERIC WATERLOO RAYNOR WRIGHT H.H. WILLIAMSON http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2591 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Pinkney Ramsay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 152 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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