MacDonnell Plaque
Municipality/Province: Perth, ON
Memorial number: 35040-045
Type: Plaque (metal)
Address: 12 Harvey St
Location: St. James Anglican Church
GPS coordinates: Lat: 44.8987977 Long: -76.2457622
Submitted by: Tim Zander
The MacDonnell Plaque is surmounted by a crest bearing the motto “Tout Jour Prét”. The crest is quartered with symbols as follows: upper left - a lion rampant; upper right - a mailed arm holding a cross; lower left - a sailing vessel; lower right - a whale. The plaque is signed: Pritchard-Andrews Co. Ltd., Ottawa
Shirley John MacDonell enlisted in July of 1916 and served overseas in the ambulance section of his unit until he was gassed at Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. Following a long convalescence in England, he returned to France to work as an orderly in the military hospital at Etaples. He succumbed to injuries received when the hospital was bombed on May 19, 1918.
Philip Doyne MacDonell, being too young to join the Armed Forces, went to Trenton during the summer of 1917 with two Perth chums, Edwin Noonan and James Smith, to work for the British Chemical Company. While at work in the munition plant, an explosion occurred which resulted in the tragic death of all three young men.
The parents of both men were Mr. and Mrs. P. J. C. MacDonell.
Inscription found on memorial
[plaque]
To the Glory of God
AND
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SONS
WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
Pte Shirley John MacDonnell
QUEENS UNIVERSITY FIELD AMBULANCE
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE MAY 19TH 1918
AGED 19
ALSO OF
Philip Doyne MacDonnell
KILLED IN MUNITION EXPLOSION
NOVEMBER 30, 1917
AGED 17
BOTH WERE CONFIRMED IN THIS CHURCH
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