Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Lind, of Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Boarded the "S.S.Florizel" for the United Kingdom on October 3, 1914. Embarked with the M.E.F. on August 20, 1915 and disembarked at Alexandria, heading for Cairo on August 31, 1915. Embarked for Gallipoli on September 13, 1915 and disembarked at Suvla Bay on the night of September 19-20, 1915.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Thomas Lind
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Picture of Francis Thomas Lind
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
"A letter from the trenches written on June 29, 1916, two days before his death on the "July Drive"" -
Y Ravine Cemetery
The 'Y' Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France, where Private Francis Thomas Lind is buried -
Group photo - Stob's Camp, May 20, 1915
Left to Right in the back Row: Arch Newman, Thomas Mouland, Noel Gilbert, Walter Haines, Walter Kearley, Arthur Parsons.<br> Front Row: Robert Haley, Fred Keel, Arthur Pratt, <b>Frank Lind</b>, Wilfred Harvey -
Letter of June 29 1916 - page 1
Transcribed from original text. -
Letter of June 29 1916 - page 2
Transcribed from original text. -
Gravemarker
Headstone photo taken on 1st July 2006, 90th Anniversary of his death -
Grave Marker
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment Insignia
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Biography
In memory of the men who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Grave Marker
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Y Ravine Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of FRANCIS THOMAS LIND
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Thomas Lind
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 74 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
Y RAVINE CEMETERY Somme, France
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