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Military service
Service number:
2341472
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Garrison Artillery
Division:
3rd Bde.
Death:
May 20, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LXV. C. 21.
Additional information
Son of Colin and Lura B. Williams McRitchie, of Haleb, Maine.
Digital gallery of Gunner Wayland Salmon McRitchie
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Photo of Wayland Salmon McRitchie
(From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Wayland McRitchie, Stanstead 1912-13, enlisted in June 1917, with a McGill draft which became a part of the 13th Canadian Siege Battery. While in England he qualified as an “Imperial signaller” and before crossing to France was attached to the 10th Canadian Siege Battery. A short tiem after reaching France, Gunner McRitchie was taken ill and sent to the Canadian Hospital No. 46 at Etaples. On the 19th day of May 1918, when the Huns bombed the hospitals at Etaples, Jerry Pettes and many other brave lads were killed, Gunner McRitchie also met his death. An interesting incident has recently come to light. Among the soldiers detailed to remove the debris after this attack by the Hun airmen was a boy from Wayland’s home town, Scotstown. He it was who found and identified Gunner McRitchie’s body among the ruins of the hospital.
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Gunner Wayland Salmon McRitchie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 465 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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