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Military service
Age:
42
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
July 1, 1874
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 16, 1914
Plymouth, England
Death:
October 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Spouse of Ann Elizabeth Rothnie of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Major George Rothnie
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of January 13, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y29uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of November 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y293uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of December 20, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist59y321uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
Digital gallery of
Major George Rothnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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