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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
June 9, 1894
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 9, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Lt. Col. W. G. MacKendrick, D.S.O., and Corinne King MacKendrick, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
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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) -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque -
Photo of Gordon King Mackendrick
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Newspaper Obituary
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
Lt. Gordon King Mackendrick is mentioned in this article. -
Photo of Gordon MacKendrick
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
War Memorial
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: 'DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE', and 'So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.' (John Bunyan). -
Inscription
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of GORDON KING MACKENDRICK
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Family Photo
Family photo. Source: Teresa Casas -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon King MacKendrick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 127 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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