This plaque was unveiled around 1918. It is known as the Piggery Memorial, dedicated to the four chums who shared accommodations on Cauchon Street and died in the First World War - Captain John Geddes, Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring, Major Gordon Ruthven Heron and Captain John Scatcherd Laycock.
First World War Tablet
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Inscription
PRO DEO ET PATRIA
ERECTED IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
JOHN GEDDES CAPT 16th BN CANADIAN
SCOTTISH KILLED N ACTION AT S-JULIEN
BELGIUM, 23rd APRIL 1915 AGED 36 YEARS.
CHARLES THURSTON BOWRING, LIEUT
10th MACHINE GUN COY, 4th CANADIAN
DIVISION KILLED IN ACTION NEAR SOUCHEZ
FRANCE, 29th DECR 1916, AGED 35 YEARS.
GORDON RUTHVEN HERON, MAJ 78TH
BN CANADIANS KILLED IN ACTION AT VIMY
RIDGE, FRANCE, 9th ARPIL 1917, AGED 33 YEARS
JOHN SCATCHERD LAYCOCK, CAPT 15th
BN CANADIAN SCOTTISH KILLED IN
ACTION AT VIMY RIDGE FRANCE 11th
JUNE 1917, AGED 37 YEARS.
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Location
First World War Tablet
130 Nassau Street North
Winnipeg
Manitoba
First World War Tablet
130 Nassau Street North
Winnipeg
Manitoba
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 49.8769255
Long. -97.1485852
Lat. 49.8769255
Long. -97.1485852