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Military service
Service number:
405583
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
January 5, 1888
Death:
October 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Lindsay McKinstry
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Newspaper Obituary
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Memorial
Pte. Lindsay McKinstry's name is listed on this bronze memorial designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of LINDSAY MCKINSTRY
Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of LINDSAY MCKINSTRY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of LINDSAY MCKINSTRY
Former 48th Highlanders? In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
Digital gallery of
Private Lindsay McKinstry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 128 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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