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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
77827
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Harriet Jane Lemm, of Victoria, British Columbia, and Irvine Arthur Lemm.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 30th Bn (2nd British Columbia Regt). Sergeant Lemm, a recipient of the Military Medal awarded for bravery in the field, was originally a member of the 30th Bn before he was transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 16, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y161uvic#mode/1up. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 13, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y268uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C. ) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Lionel Lemm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 448 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION) Pas de Calais, France
Marquion is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai. QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION) is about 1 kilometre south east of the village.
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