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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Division:
B Bty. 307th Bde.
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 23.
Additional information
Son of Herbert E. and Georgina K. Gates, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
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Plaque
The plaque is affixed to a prayer bench in St John the Evangelist church in London Ontario. It reads To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of 2nd Lieut. Alan Ferrier Gates. Killed in Action 20th Aug. 1917 in Flanders. -
Memorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 1150 Lieut Alan Ferrier Gates (RMC 1914) was the son of Herbert E. and Georgina K. Gates, of London, Ontario. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, B Bty. 307th Bde. He died on Aug 21, 1917. He was buried in the Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Belgium I. D. 23. -
Memorial Stained Glass
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 1150 Lieut Alan Ferrier Gates (RMC 1914) was the son of Herbert E. and Georgina K. Gates, of London, Ontario. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, B Bty. 307th Bde. He died on Aug 21, 1917. He was buried in the Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Belgium I. D. 23. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Book
Memorial doll, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Grave Marker
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Alan Gates
Lieutenant Alan Gates as pictured in the December 1918 edition of the Christmas Echo published in London Ontario. --And in the Morning -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 577 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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