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Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gervin, of Billing's Bridge, Ontario. Native of Ottawa.
Commemorated on the Private Walter Gervin Plaque.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Gervin
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Walter Gervin (left) and his brother Douglas Gervin in Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Private Walter Gervin
(1896-1916)
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Handwritten Will of Private Walter Gervin<P>
(1896-1916)
Service #113017
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Inscription to the memory of WALTER GERVIN on the family grave marker at St. George's Hawthorne Cemetery Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Private Walter Gervin, born in February 1894 at Billings Bridge, Ottawa, and grew up on what is now Pleasant Park Road. He was employed as a carpenter before enlisting in January 1915. By September 1915, the 2nd CMR took part in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and between 13-18 November, was committed to the Battle of Ancre, the final large attack of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. During this battle, Gervin received multiple gunshot wounds to the head and right arm. He developed gangrene and died in December 1916. He is buried at Aubingy Communal Cemetery extension.
This plaque was originally located at the Loyal Orange #222 Billings Bridge; at the time, the village of Billings Bridge was a small community near the present day Billings Bridge in Ottawa. With the closure of the Lodge, the plaque eventually came into the hands of Gloucester Township Historical Society.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Photo Credit: Eric Ross
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gervin
Photo Credit: Eric Ross
Image gallery
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Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
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Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
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Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
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Walter Gervin (left) and his brother Douglas Gervin in Ottawa.
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Private Walter Gervin (1896-1916)
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Handwritten Will of Private Walter Gervin<P> (1896-1916) Service #113017
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Inscription to the memory of WALTER GERVIN on the family grave marker at St. George's Hawthorne Cemetery Ottawa, Ontario.
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Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Private Walter Gervin, born in February 1894 at Billings Bridge, Ottawa, and grew up on what is now Pleasant Park Road. He was employed as a carpenter before enlisting in January 1915. By September 1915, the 2nd CMR took part in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and between 13-18 November, was committed to the Battle of Ancre, the final large attack of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. During this battle, Gervin received multiple gunshot wounds to the head and right arm. He developed gangrene and died in December 1916. He is buried at Aubingy Communal Cemetery extension. This plaque was originally located at the Loyal Orange #222 Billings Bridge; at the time, the village of Billings Bridge was a small community near the present day Billings Bridge in Ottawa. With the closure of the Lodge, the plaque eventually came into the hands of Gloucester Township Historical Society.
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Photo Credit: Eric Ross
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Photo Credit: Eric Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
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