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Malcolm Douglas Schell

In memory of:

Sergeant Malcolm Douglas Schell

September 28, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

487282

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Additional Information

Born:

April 24, 1895
Woodstock, Ontario

Son of Malcolm S. and Josephine H. Schell, of Woodstock, Ontario. Educated at Toronto University. Enlisted in 1915.

Commemorated on Page 497 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

C. 22.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Gravemarker

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  • Mill Switch Cross

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  • Picture of the Cemetery

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  • Honour Roll– "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.

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    Honour Roll – "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
  • Photo of Malcolm Schell– From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

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    Photo of Malcolm Schell – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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  • War Memorial– Monument Pioneer Cemetery, Oxford Centre, Norwich Township, Oxford County

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    War Memorial – Monument Pioneer Cemetery, Oxford Centre, Norwich Township, Oxford County

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