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Ralph Farrar Markham

In memory of:

Captain Ralph Farrar Markham

August 19, 1915

Military Service


Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Lt. Col. Alfred Markham and Naida Turnbull Markham, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Served in the South African Campaign. Born at Markhamville, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 27 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IX. C. 3.

Location:

Armentieres is a town in the Department of the Nord, on the Belgian frontier, 14.5 kilometres north-west of Lille. From the town of Armentieres take the D945 to Estaires. CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted off this road just before Erquinghem-sur-la-Lys.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of August 24, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y220uvic#mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Globe (Toronto newspaper c.1902) Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ralph Farrar Markham– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Ralph Farrar Markham– Photo of Ralph F. Markham
This photo is from the book "Our Boys Under Fire" by Mellish.  Photo courtesy of Thomas L. Skelding
  • Photo of RALPH FARRAR MARKHAM– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Built in memory of the Old Boys who lost their lives in the Great War, the Memorial Chapel is located at the heart of the Rothsay Netherwood School campus, Rothsay NB and is a component of students' daily routine. Each morning the School comes together to speak and think, to discuss and reflect and to sing. Though founded in the Anglican tradition, the Chapel provides a multi-faith spiritual gathering place for each member of the school community.

World War I

Lewis Almon Reay Mackay 
Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham 
Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall 
John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver 
George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver 
John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty 
Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin 
Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil 
Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman 
Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed 
James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed 
Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson 
Charles Murray Lawson
  • Entrance to Cemetery
  • Memorial Cross– Memoral cross in the Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver BC Canada
  • Cemetery
  • Grave Marker
  • Grave Marker– Family memoral stone in the Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver BC Canada for Major Ralph Farrar Markham Killed in France 1915.
Son of Lt. Col. Alfred Markham and Naida Turnbull Markham, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Served in the South African Campaign. Born at Markhamville, New Brunswick.

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