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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arthur McMurtry, of Montreal, Québec. Mr. Samuel McMurtry was the treasurer of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Limited of Montreal. Major McMurtry attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in June 1914. At the time of enlistment, he was single and had just graduated as a student. He married Amy (née Southam) McMurtry in England during the month of September 1915. Miss Southam was the daughter of F.N. Southam of Montreal, Québec.
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Article about the McMurtry brothers.
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News article which appeared in the Calgary Herald on 1 May 1917. Major Eric Ogilvie had just joined the Royal Air Corps three weeks preceeding his death. He was formerly with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 24th Battalion.
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Taken from the 1914 Stone Frigate Yearbook of the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
Major Eric Ogilvie McCurtry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arthur McMurtry, of Montreal, Québec. Mr. Samuel McMurtry was the treasurer of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Limited of Montreal. Major McMurtry attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in June 1914. He died on April 28, 1917. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
Maj Eric Ogilvie McMurtry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arthur McMurtry, of Montreal, Québec. Mr. Samuel McMurtry was the treasurer of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Limited of Montreal. Major McMurtry attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in June 1914. At the time of enlistment, he was single and had just graduated as a student. He married Amy (née Southam) McMurtry in England during the month of September 1915. Miss Southam was the daughter of F.N. Southam of Montreal, Québec. He served with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) attd 16th Sqdn Royal Flying Corps. He died 28th April 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Photograph and details by volunteer/s: David Milborrow
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
On the 15 June 1924 a memorial arch was unveiled to honour fallen classmates at the Royal Military College of Canada and was dedicated by the Right Reverend Dr Bidwell, Lord Bishop of Ontario.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 have placed this stained glass memorial in Currie Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario to honour their fallen classmates.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
This casualty notice appeared in the June 17, 1917 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
Royal Military College of Canada cadet memorial doll.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada
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Memorial stairwell, Royal Military College of Canada
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
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
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Major Eric Ogilvie McMurtry
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Article about the McMurtry brothers.
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News article which appeared in the Calgary Herald on 1 May 1917. Major Eric Ogilvie had just joined the Royal Air Corps three weeks preceeding his death. He was formerly with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 24th Battalion.
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Taken from the 1914 Stone Frigate Yearbook of the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Major Eric Ogilvie McCurtry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arthur McMurtry, of Montreal, Québec. Mr. Samuel McMurtry was the treasurer of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Limited of Montreal. Major McMurtry attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in June 1914. He died on April 28, 1917. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Maj Eric Ogilvie McMurtry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arthur McMurtry, of Montreal, Québec. Mr. Samuel McMurtry was the treasurer of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Limited of Montreal. Major McMurtry attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in June 1914. At the time of enlistment, he was single and had just graduated as a student. He married Amy (née Southam) McMurtry in England during the month of September 1915. Miss Southam was the daughter of F.N. Southam of Montreal, Québec. He served with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) attd 16th Sqdn Royal Flying Corps. He died 28th April 1917 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: David Milborrow
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On the 15 June 1924 a memorial arch was unveiled to honour fallen classmates at the Royal Military College of Canada and was dedicated by the Right Reverend Dr Bidwell, Lord Bishop of Ontario.
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On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 have placed this stained glass memorial in Currie Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario to honour their fallen classmates.
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This casualty notice appeared in the June 17, 1917 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom.
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Royal Military College of Canada cadet memorial doll.
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Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada
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Memorial stairwell, Royal Military College of Canada
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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
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From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 287 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras.
Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
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