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Military service
Service number:
144226
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
January 8, 1883
Death:
September 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth McChlery Lindsay, of Leith, Scotland. Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Lindsay
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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) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alexander Lindsay
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Lindsay
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Lindsay
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Lindsay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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