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Military service
Service number:
40709
Age:
19
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Div. Ammunition Col.
Birth:
June 23, 1896
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Addenda Panel 57.
Digital gallery of Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Ewart Richardson is honoured on page 33 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Inscription
Gnr. Ewart Mitchell Richardson on Menin Gate Memorial. -
Envelope
Mrs. Richardson, mother of Ewart, sent him a $10. bill which arrived after he was killed. The envelope was returned unopened. -
Photo of Ewart Mitchell Richardson
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Plaque
Memorial Plaque for Ewart Mitchell Richardson -
Roll of Honour
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque.<P> Photo courtesy Chris Andrew. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Birth Ceritificate
Manitoba birth registration for 22 June 1898. On his attestation paper dated at Val Cartier, P.Q. 22 Sept. 1914, Ewart lied about his age in order to enlist with Gananoque's 3rd Battery and said he was born in 1896.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Ewart Mitchell Richardson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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