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Son of Louis Joseph and Caroline Pitkin Rogers Papineau, of The Manor House, Montebello, Quebec.
He studied law in Oxford, England, where he played ice hockey for the Oxford Canadians and was a member of the college rowing team.
Brother of Louis-Joseph IV, James Randall Wescott and Phillippe-Bruneau-Monigny.
His Great-Grandfather was Louis-Joseph Papineau, leader of the patriote rebels in 1837 in the Province of Quebec.
London Gazette No. 29131 dated 13 April 1915.
"For conspicuous gallantry at St. Eloi, on 28th February, 1915, when in charge of bomb throwers during our attack on the enemy's trenches. He shot two of the enemy himself, and then ran along" the German sap throwing bombs therein." Mentioned in despatches, London Gazette No. 29200 dated 22 June 1915. British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Major Talbot Mercer Papineau
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Photo of Talbot Mercer Papineau
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Photo of TALBOT MERCER PAPINEAU
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Talbot Mercer Papineau
This photograph appeared in Guarding the Channel Ports, one of the volumes of a gift edition on the war produced by United Publishers of Toronto in the early 1920s. Major Talbot M. Papineau's letters are stored at the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa. -
Group photograph
Group photograph of officers of the PPCLI, taken prior to departure from Canada in 1914. Lieutenant Talbot Papineau is in the front (seated) row. Appeared in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Saturday July 10, 1915. -
Attestation Paper
CEF ATTESTATION courtesy LAC website. page 1 only available online -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Letter to Mother
Letter written by Talbot to his mother, 7 days before his death. -
Telegram
Telegram written to Mrs. Papineau to advise her of the death of her son Talbot. -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph of November 7, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214928/Daily-Telegraph-November-7-1917.html -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
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 -
Newspaper clipping
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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La Presse 3 November 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Talbot Mercer Papineau
Digital gallery of
Major Talbot Mercer Papineau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 305 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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