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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Frances Geddes, of Blairmore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. husband of Helen Geddes, of 1045, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London, England.
Digital gallery of Captain John Geddes
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Roll of honour
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
The Parish of St Luke in Winnipeg erected this memorial. This plaque was unveiled in around 1918 and is dedicated to Captain John Geddes, Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring, Maj Gordon Ruthven Heron and Capt John Scatcherd Laycock, killed in action during the Great War. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
Digital gallery of
Captain John Geddes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 15 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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