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John Galt

In memory of:

Lieutenant John Galt

December 9, 1915

Military Service


Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.

Additional Information


Son of John and Mabel Patton Galt, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 15 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Panel 10

Location:


The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:


TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.

Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:

HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.

The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Menin Gate Memorial– Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Inscription– Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of John Galt– From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923.  This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.
  • Memorial Tablet– Lieutenant John Galt is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during  the First World War.  Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates.

898 Lieut John Galt (RMC 1913) was the son of John and Mabel Patton Galt, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C. He was killed in action on December 9, 1915.He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium.
  • Menin Gate– 898 Lieut John Galt (RMC 1913) was the son of John and Mabel Patton Galt, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C. He was killed in action on December 9, 1915. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC ARCHIVE
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

893 Lieut John Galt (RMC 1913) was the son of John and Mabel Patton Galt, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C. He died on 9 Dec 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

893 Lieut John Galt (RMC 1913) was the son of John and Mabel Patton Galt, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C. He died on 9 Dec 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial Arch– Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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