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Frederick Mellor Hutchinson

In memory of:

Captain Frederick Mellor Hutchinson

March 1, 1917

Military Service


Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

11th Field Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

February 5, 1892
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 21, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Frederick Thomas and Jessie Florence Hutchinson, of 507, Keele St., Toronto. Frederick Mellor Hutchinson played for the British National Hockey Team at the 1914 LIHG (European) Championship.

Commemorated on Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. E. 3.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In honoured memory.
  • Memorial– Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.

828 Captain Frederick Mellor Hutchinson (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Thomas and Jessie Florence Hutchinson, of Toronto, Canada. He served with the Canadian Engineers, 11th Field Coy. He died on Mar 1, 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
  • 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.

828 Captain Frederick Mellor Hutchinson (RMC 1912)  was the son of Frederick Thomas and Jessie Florence Hutchinson, of Toronto, Canada. He served with the Canadian Engineers, 11th Field Coy. He died on Mar 1, 1917. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.  Photograph and details by volunteer/s: Jim Pedersen / Steve Rogers
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Memorial Stair– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial Arch– Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial Doll– Memorial doll, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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