Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Class Photo – #968 N.C. Nelles (RMC 1912-1914)'s photo is marked with an X, Stone Frigate yearbook, Royal Military College of Canada 1914. Lt. Nelles, serving with the British army, was KIA 29 January 1915.

Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Attestation Paper (front) – The father of Second Lieutenant NORMAN CUMMINGS NELLES, Brigadier General C. M. Nelles, signed his Attestation Papers on September 28, 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time. He survived the war. Sadly, his son did not.

Attestation Paper (back) – The father of Second Lieutenant NORMAN CUMMINGS NELLES, Brigadier General C. M. Nelles, signed his Attestation Papers on September 28, 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time. He survived the war. Sadly, his son did not.

Programme – 968 Lieut Norman Cummings Nelles (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. C. M. Nelles, of "Oaklands", Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. He served with the Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st Bn. His name is listed on Le Touret Memorial, Le Touret Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. His name was listed on the Queenston Solders' Memorial War Monument in Queenston, Niagara Township, Ontario which was unveiled November 11th, 1926.

Graffiti – In gutting the Old Guard House (1816) building at the Royal Military College of Canada, prior to renovation, contractors striped off the walls and exposed the original plaster covered stonework underneath. It would seem that these stonewalls were also exposed in the period 1911-1914 for here appear the graffiti of the RMC cadets from that period immediately prior to the Great War. Before the Second World War, when cadets were taught the routines of a line infantry battalion, cadets mounted guard at the gate and the Guard House did indeed house the Guard. Guard list for 30 March 1913. (The giant cartoon figure was probably a later addition.) The Guard Commander-#872 J.A. Turner (RMC 1910-1913) Lt.-Col. Turner, DSO, MC, serving in the British army with the Royal Scots, was KIA 25 July 1918. The Cadets of the Guard were: #934 C.V. Strong (RMC 1911-1914) Maj. Strong, MC, serving in the British army with the Royal Engineers, he was KIA in France 10 March 1917. #935 D.C. Greery (RMC 1911-1914) Lt. Greery served in France with the Canadian Field Artillery later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. #933 B.H.L. Mackenzie (RMC 1911-1914) Maj. Mackenzie served with the 24th Bn, CEF and was wounded. #971 A.L. Smith (RMC 1912-1913) Drowned at Kingston, 2 May 1913. One of the stained glass windows on the Memorial Staircase was installed in his memory. #968 N.C. Nelles (RMC 1912-1914) Lt. Nelles, serving with the British army, was KIA 29 January 1915. #932 R.G. Crawford (RMC 1912-1913) Lt. Crawford, PPCLI, was KIA 9 May 1915.

Memorial Tablets – Memorial Tablets in St Mark's Anglican Church, Niagara on the Lake, the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario in memory of those who died in action during the First World War. "In memory of Norman Cummings Nelles, 2nd Lieut. Northampshire Regt. B. E. S. Killed in Flanders Jan. 29th 1915 aged 21 years." Their name liveth for evermore". Erected in, Honour of the men of this parish who gave their lives in the Great War, l914-1919. Robert Best, William Mercer, Robert Houghton, Thomas Houghton, Norman Nelles, Harry Pierre, Leonard Sands, Reginald Thomas. 968 Lieut Norman Cummings Nelles (RMC 1912) was the son of Brig. Gen. C. M. Nelles, of "Oaklands", Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. He served with the Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st Bn. His name is listed on Le Touret Memorial, Le Touret Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France.

Memorial Stained Glass – 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.

Memorial – Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston

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.

Memorial – Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston

War 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.

Grave Marker – Inscription to the memory of Second Lieutenant NORMAN CUMMINGS NELLES, Northamptonshire Regiment, on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St Mark¿s Anglican Curch, Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario.