This brass plaque at Dominion-Chalmers United Church is dedicated to the memory of Alexis Hannum Helmer, whose death was the inspiration for John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields”. It was erected by the parishioners of Dominion Methodist Church (now Dominion-Chalmers United Church), sometime after the First World War.
Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer Plaque
Ottawa, Ontario
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Inscription
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In loving memory of Alexis Hannum Helmer
Lieut 2nd Battery 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Fell in action near Yprs May 2nd 1915
Aged 22 years
“Be God’s gentleman and the King’s gentleman”
Street View
Location
Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer Plaque
355 Cooper Street
Ottawa
Ontario
Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer Plaque
355 Cooper Street
Ottawa
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.4170283
Long. -75.6950717
Lat. 45.4170283
Long. -75.6950717