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Daniel Dunlop

In memory of:

Private Daniel Dunlop

November 10, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

552097

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 16, 1893
Kilmarnock, Scotland

Enlistment:

February 2, 1915
Pincher Creek, Alberta

Son of Daniel and Annie Dunlop of Frank, Alberta. Brother of Pte James Dunlop, 52nd Battalion, killed in action 27 May 1916, and Pte John Burt Dunlop, 49th Battalion, killed in action 2 June 1916. Husband of Florence Eva Dunlop of Coleman, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 231 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:

Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30

Location:


The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:


TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.

Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:

HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.

The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 545 of 1062.
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Daniel Dunlop was the eldest son of Danny & Annie Dunlop of Frank Alberta. Daniel was one of the 3 Dunlop Sons to be killed in action in WW1. Daniel  a stretcher bearer was killed Nov 10 1917 at Passchendaele. His brother James was killed May 27 1916 at St Eloi. The youngest son John a dispatch rider was killed June 2 1916 in Sanctuary Woods age 16.
 No graves mark their place, but a WW1 War Memorial dedicated to the Brothers sits along Highway 3 in Frank Alberta.
  • Memorial– Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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