Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer et Elizabeth I. Helmer, de la rue Gilmour, Ottawa, Ontario.
Les circonstancs entourant son décès ont été établies à la lumière de lettres envoyées au père du Lt Owen Carsley Frederic Hague, M. Frederic Hague, par des officiers qui se trouvaient dans cette région, à l'époque. Aux petites heures du samedi matin, 2 mai 1915, les lieutenants Hague et Helmer quittèrent leur poste pour aller voir les hommes d'une batterie canadienne qui se trouvaient au bord du canal Yser, près de Saint-Julien, à proximité de la frontière franco-belge. Ils n'avaient fait que quelques mètres lorsqu'un obus de six pouces explosa. Le lieutenant Helmer fut tué sur le coup.
Commémoré sur la Plaque du lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer.
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute yearbook 1914, war notes.
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Lisgar Collegiate honour roll
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Alexis Helmer, in uniform
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War Diary
2 May 1915 CANAL BANK, YPRES
Composite battery arrived from ST JEAN during night. Intense heavy shelling by enemy all night which increased towards morning. Lt Helmer killed & Lt Hague severely wounded while observing. Casualties to date 6 killed 50 wounded. Other Canadian Batteries being moved from ST JEAN to west of CANAL. Two guns of 4th Battery put out of action by direct hits. Only 12 available guns now.
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Lt Alexis Helmer's grave registration - Menin Gate
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"IN FLANDERS FIELDS" IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. ALEXIS HANNUM HELMER 2ND OTTAWA BATTERY
1ST CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY KILLED IN ACTION MAY 9, 1915, AGE 22, AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, BELGIUM. HE WAS THE FIRST LISGAR GRADUATE TO DIE IN WORLD WAR I. HIS DEATH INSPIRED HIS CLOSE FRIEND LIEUT. COLONEL DR. JOHN McCRAE TO COMPOSE THIS IMMORTAL POEM.
ALERE FLAMMAM
ERECTED BY THE LISGAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE 160 ANNIVERSARY, 2001.
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Attestation Papers: Alexis Helmer
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CWGC documents show Alexis Helmer's body was originally buried at 28 C. 19.c.25.0.5 and later moved to the White House Cemetery at St-Jean-Le-Ypres in Plot 3 Row X Grave 29.
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CWGC documents show Alexis Hanmer's body was originally buried at 28 C. 19.c.25.0.5 and later moved to the White House Cemetery at St-Jean-Le-Ypres in Plot 3 Row X Grave 29.
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This memorial plaque was installed at Dominion Methodist Church, now Dominion United Church "In loving memory of Alexis Hannum Helmer Lieut 2nd Battery 1st Field Artillery Brigade Canadian Expeditionary Force Fell in action near Ypres May 2nd 1915 Aged 22 years "Be God's gentleman and the King's gentleman""
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Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer, Obit, Ottawa Collegiate Institute (now Lisgar Collegiate Institute).
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Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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This plaque is dedicated to Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, whose death inspired the 'Flander's Fields' poem.
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Detail from panel 10 on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, where Alexis Helmer is commemorated. Picture by the Dover War Memorial Project, England
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Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates.
841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed in action instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed in action instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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Dr. McCrae records Lt. Helmer's last entry in his diary, Saturday May 2nd... "It has quieted a bit,I shall try to get a good sleep..."
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Toronto Star clipping 1915 May 5.
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, On
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, On
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Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Banner commemorating Alexis Helmer at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school (Called Ottawa Collegiate Institute at the time) . Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute yearbook 1914, war notes.
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Lisgar Collegiate honour roll
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Alexis Helmer, in uniform
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War Diary 2 May 1915 CANAL BANK, YPRES Composite battery arrived from ST JEAN during night. Intense heavy shelling by enemy all night which increased towards morning. Lt Helmer killed & Lt Hague severely wounded while observing. Casualties to date 6 killed 50 wounded. Other Canadian Batteries being moved from ST JEAN to west of CANAL. Two guns of 4th Battery put out of action by direct hits. Only 12 available guns now.
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Lt Alexis Helmer's grave registration - Menin Gate
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"IN FLANDERS FIELDS" IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. ALEXIS HANNUM HELMER 2ND OTTAWA BATTERY 1ST CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY KILLED IN ACTION MAY 9, 1915, AGE 22, AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, BELGIUM. HE WAS THE FIRST LISGAR GRADUATE TO DIE IN WORLD WAR I. HIS DEATH INSPIRED HIS CLOSE FRIEND LIEUT. COLONEL DR. JOHN McCRAE TO COMPOSE THIS IMMORTAL POEM. ALERE FLAMMAM ERECTED BY THE LISGAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE 160 ANNIVERSARY, 2001.
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Attestation Papers: Alexis Helmer
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CWGC documents show Alexis Helmer's body was originally buried at 28 C. 19.c.25.0.5 and later moved to the White House Cemetery at St-Jean-Le-Ypres in Plot 3 Row X Grave 29.
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CWGC documents show Alexis Hanmer's body was originally buried at 28 C. 19.c.25.0.5 and later moved to the White House Cemetery at St-Jean-Le-Ypres in Plot 3 Row X Grave 29.
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This memorial plaque was installed at Dominion Methodist Church, now Dominion United Church "In loving memory of Alexis Hannum Helmer Lieut 2nd Battery 1st Field Artillery Brigade Canadian Expeditionary Force Fell in action near Ypres May 2nd 1915 Aged 22 years "Be God's gentleman and the King's gentleman""
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Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer, Obit, Ottawa Collegiate Institute (now Lisgar Collegiate Institute).
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Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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This plaque is dedicated to Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, whose death inspired the 'Flander's Fields' poem.
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Detail from panel 10 on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, where Alexis Helmer is commemorated. Picture by the Dover War Memorial Project, England
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Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed in action instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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841 Lieut Alexis Hannum Helmer (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer and Elizabeth I. Helmer, of Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenant Helmer left his position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. He had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer was killed in action instantly. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Belgium.
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Dr. McCrae records Lt. Helmer's last entry in his diary, Saturday May 2nd... "It has quieted a bit,I shall try to get a good sleep..."
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Toronto Star clipping 1915 May 5.
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, On
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, On
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Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Banner commemorating Alexis Helmer at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school (Called Ottawa Collegiate Institute at the time) . Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.
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MÉMORIAL DE LA PORTE DE MENIN (YPRES) Belgique
Le Mémorial de la Porte de Menin (Ypres) est situé dans la partie est de la ville de Ypres (maintenant Ieper) dans la province de la Flandre-Occidentale, sur la route de Menin et de Courtrai. Il porte les noms de 55 000 hommes disparus sans laisser de traces lors de la défense du saillant d'Ypres durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Dessiné par Sir Reginald Blomfield et érigé par la Commission des sépultures de guerre de l'Empire (maintenant du Commonwealth), ce Mémorial comprend une salle du Souvenir " longue de 36,6 mètres et large de 20,1 mètres. Au centre se trouve un large escalier conduisant aux remparts qui surplombent les douves et les loggias sur colonnes qui entourent le monument. Sur les murs intérieurs de la salle, du côté de l'escalier, ainsi que sur les murs des loggias, les noms des morts sont inscrits par régiments et par corps sur des panneaux en pierre de Portland.
Au-dessus de l'arche centrale on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction:
AUX ARMÉES DE L'EMPIRE BRITANNIQUE QUI COMBATTIRENT ICI DE 1914 À 1918 ET À LEURS MORTS DONT LA TOMBE EST INCONNUE.
Et, au-dessus de l'escalier qui conduit à la salle principale, on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction :
À LA PLUS GRANDE GLOIRE DE DIEU ICI SONT INSCRITS LES NOMS DES SOLDATS QUI SONT TOMBÉS DANS LE SAILLANT D'YPRES, MAIS QUE LES HASARDS DE LA GUERRE ONT EMPÊCHÉS D'AVOIR UNE IDENTITÉ ET UNE SÉPULTURE HONORABLE COMME LEURS CAMARADES DANS LA MORT.
Chaque jour à 20 h, une cérémonie toute simple rappelle encore aujourd'hui le souvenir des morts. Alors que la circulation est arrêtée à la barrière, deux clairons (quatre dans les grandes occasions) sonnent l'appel aux morts. Les deux trompettes d'argent utilisées durant la cérémonie ont été données au Comité de l'appel aux morts par un officier de l'Artillerie royale canadienne, qui servait dans la 10e batterie de St. Catharines (Ontario), à Ypres, en avril 1915."
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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