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Huntley Wilson MacPherson

In memory of:

Major Huntley Wilson MacPherson

October 10, 1918

Military Service


Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Citation(s):

Mentioned in Despatches.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information


Son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 465 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne, France

Grave Reference:

IV. A. 14.

Location:

Premont is a village some 19.5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai on the road to Guise and a little south-east of the main straight road from St Quentin to Le Cateau. PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the south side of the road to Bohain.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
818 Major Huntly Wilson Macpherson MC was the son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was awarded a Military Cross. He died on 10 Oct 1918. He was buried in the Premont British Cemetery in Aisne, France.
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
818 Major Huntly Wilson Macpherson MC was the son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was awarded a Military Cross. He died on 10 Oct 1918. He was buried in the Premont British Cemetery in Aisne, France.
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
818 Major Huntly Wilson Macpherson MC was the son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was awarded a Military Cross. He died on 10 Oct 1918. He was buried in the Premont British Cemetery in Aisne, France.
  • Grave marker– 818 Major Huntly Wilson Macpherson MC was the son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was awarded a Military Cross. He was killed in action near Le Cateau on 10 Oct 1918. He was buried in the Premont British Cemetery in Aisne, France.
  • Cap Badge– 818 Major Huntly Wilson Macpherson MC was the son of Lt. Col. Duncan MacPherson and Emma Rose Owen Wilson his wife, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was awarded a Military Cross. He was killed in action near Le Cateau on 10 Oct 1918. He was buried in the Premont British Cemetery in Aisne, France.
  • Memorial Plaque– Kingston Ontario Cenotaph

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