Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Lancelot Smeed
In memory of:
Private John Lancelot Smeed
September 28, 1918
Military Service
A/2685
Army
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
1st Bn.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 502 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
Nord, France
I. B. 17.
Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Galt War Memorial – The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville. Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
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Close-up of Galt War Memorial – Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
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Grave marker
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