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Arthur Minion Christian

In memory of:

Sergeant Arthur Minion Christian

October 24, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium

Military Service

Service Number:

406906

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

15th Coy.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, Supplememnt to the London Gazette dated 21 December 1916. British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

September 16, 1883
Drayton, Wellington, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 16, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Catherine Christian (nee Hanlon), of Port Elgin, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 216 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TYNE COT CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

XIV. C. 5.

Location:

Tyne Cot Cemetery is located 9 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The cemetery itself lies 700 meters along the Tynecotstraat on the right hand side of the road. Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. Three of these blockhouses still stand in the cemetery; the largest, which was captured on 4 October 1917 by the 3rd Australian Division, was chosen as the site for the Cross of Sacrifice by King George V during his pilgrimage to the cemeteries of the Western Front in Belgium and France in 1922. The Tyne Cot Cemetery is now the resting-place of nearly 12,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces, the largest number of burials of any Commonwealth cemetery of either world war.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Collection– The Military Medal, service medals and Memorial Cross awarded to Sjt. Arthur Minion Christian Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Citation for the Military Medal: For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on Sept.: 26th 1916. After the rest of his gun crew had been killed or wounded continued to carry out five orders alone under very heavy shell fire;-when reinforcements were sent up to take over the gun, he still remained, taking charge of the new crew through instructions has been sent that he might return. During the actions of September 26th and October 1st, and through out the full seven days that the Company was in the field he displayed the greatest capability in the handling of this gun crew and his behavior under exceptionally trying circumstances was most exemplary. (LG: 21-12-16) Sjt. Christian was killed in action at the battle of Passchendaele on October 24, 1917 serving with the 15th Coy. CMGC.

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    Collection – The Military Medal, service medals and Memorial Cross awarded to Sjt. Arthur Minion Christian Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Citation for the Military Medal: For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on Sept.: 26th 1916. After the rest of his gun crew had been killed or wounded continued to carry out five orders alone under very heavy shell fire;-when reinforcements were sent up to take over the gun, he still remained, taking charge of the new crew through instructions has been sent that he might return. During the actions of September 26th and October 1st, and through out the full seven days that the Company was in the field he displayed the greatest capability in the handling of this gun crew and his behavior under exceptionally trying circumstances was most exemplary. (LG: 21-12-16) Sjt. Christian was killed in action at the battle of Passchendaele on October 24, 1917 serving with the 15th Coy. CMGC.
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