Military service
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Digital gallery of Sapper James Leonard McQuay
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War Diary
War Diary for February 1916 of the 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, 2nd Canadian Division, recording the death of Leonard McQuay. Source: National Archives of Canada. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation paper, page 1 for James Leonard McQuay. -
Attestation Papers (Back)
Attestation paper, page 2 for James Leonard McQuay. Source: National Archives of Canada. -
Photo of James Leonard McQuay
James Leonard McQuay, Sapper, no. 622, 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers. Fatally wounded while laying barbed wire near St. Eloi (near Ypres) just before he was slated to leave the Front for Officer Training in England. -
Photo 2 of James Leonard McQuay
Sapper James Leonard McQuay, no. 622, next to a trench of barbed wire. -
Photo 3 of James Leonard McQuay
Sapper James Leonard McQuay, no. 622, on right leaning against a friend. -
Team photo
James Leonard McQuay, intercollegiate team, Queen's University, 1912. -
Group Photo
James Leonard McQuay in middle with two army friends. -
Photo 4 of James Leonard McQuay
Sapper James Leonard McQuay, reg. no. 622. -
War Memorial
War Memorial in Foxwarren, Manitoba, including name of James Leonard McQuay. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 11 March 1916, page 6. -
Newspaper Clipping
Casualty list including Leonard McQuay, from the Toronto Star for 11 March 1916, page 7. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Kingston Whig for 20 March 1916. -
Photo of James McQuay
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Essay
Description of the death and funeral of Leonard McQuay in "From the Rideau to the Rhine and back: the 6th Field Company and Battalion Canadian Engineers in the Great War" by K. Weatherbe, published in Toronto in 1928. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England -
Newspaper clipping
Announcement of the death of Leonard McQuay in the Brandon Daily Sun for March 11, 1916, page 1. -
Newspaper clipping
From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leonard McQuay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOCRE CHURCHYARD Belgium
LOCRE CHURCHYARD is located 11.5 Km south west of Ieper town centre on the Dikkebusseweg (N375). From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.
On passing through the village of Dikkebus the road continues for 6 Km to the village of Loker. The church and churchyard are located at the side of the road in the village of Locre (Loker) itself.
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