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Son of Norval H. and Charlotte Frances Otty (nee Gilbert), of Gagetown, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Allen Otty
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Lieutenant Allen Otty
Lieutenant Allen Otty, killed in action North of Passchendaele on October 30th, 1917. He was 29. He was killed while serving with C Company, the 5th CMR. Otty enlisted with the 6 CMR on May 11th 1915, in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where the Otty family has a military history dating back to preconfederation.<P>
Otty was last heard from at 1:45 PM on the 30th, when after holding a desperate position against repeated counterattack since early that morning, a message from him arrived at HQ by carrier pigeon. It said "holding Source Farm with 6 men. Gifford on the right. Send reinforcements and ammo. Enemy estimated at 300 digging in on the right." <P>
No help reached him until dark, by which time sadly Otty had been killed.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
From a World War One issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Allen Otty
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1917. Submitted for he project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Allen Otty, killed in action North of Passchendaele on October 30th, 1917. He was 29. He was killed while serving with C Company, the 5th CMR. Otty enlisted with the 6 CMR on May 11th 1915, in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where the Otty family has a military history dating back to preconfederation.<P> Otty was last heard from at 1:45 PM on the 30th, when after holding a desperate position against repeated counterattack since early that morning, a message from him arrived at HQ by carrier pigeon. It said "holding Source Farm with 6 men. Gifford on the right. Send reinforcements and ammo. Enemy estimated at 300 digging in on the right." <P> No help reached him until dark, by which time sadly Otty had been killed.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From a World War One issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1917. Submitted for he project Operation Picture Me
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Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY Belgium
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 10 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Brugseweg (N313), a road connecting Ieper to Brugge.
Two streets connect Ieper town centre onto the Brugseweg; Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto the Kalfvaartstraat. At the end of Kalfvaartstraat is a large junction on which Brugseweg is the first right hand turning.
The cemetery itself lies 10 Km along the Brugseweg on the right hand side of the road after passing through the village of Poelcapelle (now Poelkapelle).
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