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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
June 12, 1891
London, England
Enlistment:
August 11, 1916
Death:
April 13, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. A. 14
Additional information
Son of John Joseph Dashwood of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Major John Lovell Dashwood
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Press Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of John Lovell Dashwood
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from daily Telegraph of May 12, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214577/Daily-Telegraph-May-12-1917.html -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 493 of 1140. -
Memorial
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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