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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt.
Birth:
December 11, 1921
Montréal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 24, 1941
Montréal, Québec
Death:
October 28, 1944
Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, VC and Ellen Scrimger
Digital gallery of Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
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Photo of Francis Scrimger (Father)
Alex's was only son of the late Francis Scrimger, CEF, Victoria Cross. (McGill) who served as medical officer of the 14th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Captain Scrimger earned the Victoria Cross in Ypres, Belgium, 25 April 1915 for bravery in directing the evacuation of the wounded from his advanced dressing station under heavy enemy shelling. He carried a severely wounded officer to safety, and remained with him under fire until additional help could be obtained. Scrimger died in Montreal, Quebec, on 13 February 1937. Medal War Museum -
Press Clipping
Capt Alexander Caron Scrimger obit Montreal Star Nov 11 1944 courtesy McGill University archives -
Photo of Alexander Carron Scrimger
Capt Alexander Caron Scrimger courtesy McGill University archives -
Attestation Papers
Dr. Francis Scrimger Attestation Papers -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
Dr. Francis Scrimger Attestation Papers -
Photo of ALEXANDER CARRON SCRIMGER
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
Digital gallery of
Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
Digital gallery of
Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
Digital gallery of
Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
Digital gallery of
Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
Digital gallery of
Captain Alexander Carron Scrimger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 439 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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