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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
December 2, 1883
Burks Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 1, 1916
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 2.
Additional information
Son of Wilfred Henry and Emma Trimmer, of Huntsville, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Cross, London Gazette No. 29508 dated 14 March 1916, 'For conspicuous gallantry. He led a
party of bombers through the enemy's wire and inflicted severe loss on the enemy. Although wounded, he remained behind till all his men had got away from the wire.'
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Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 598 Major Alfred Syer Trimmer MC (RMC 1901) was the son of Wilfred Henry and Emma Trimmer, of Huntsville, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 10th Bn. He died 28 Apr 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 598 Major Alfred Syer Trimmer MC (RMC 1901) was the son of Wilfred Henry and Emma Trimmer, of Huntsville, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 10th Bn. He died 28 Apr 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 598 Major Alfred Syer Trimmer MC (RMC 1901) was the son of Wilfred Henry and Emma Trimmer, of Huntsville, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 10th Bn. He died 28 Apr 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
Grave Marker
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Memorial
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Memorial
Memorial Stairway, Royal Military College of Canada -
Newspaper clipping
Huntsville Forester 28 September 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
Huntsville ON Forester 17 February 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
Huntsville ON Forester 10 May 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
Huntsville ON Forester 14 June 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
Digital gallery of
Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
Digital gallery of
Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Major Alfred Syer Trimmer
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Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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