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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
June 6, 1880
Gilbralter, Spain
Enlistment:
September 28, 1915
Vernon Camp, British Columbia
Death:
September 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Richard and Rebecca Geddes. Husband of Agnes E. Geddes, of Kamloops, British Columbia. Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Geddes.
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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) -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Document
Lt. Geddes died while a Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Lens. This is reported in the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Lt. Geddes died while a Prisoner of War in the vicinity of Lens. This is reported on his Circumstance of Death record. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 20, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y244uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
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Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
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Lieutenant Richard Luther Geddes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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