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Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de feu M. et Mme R. C. Corbett, de Crystal City, Manitoba.
Galerie numérique de Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
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Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
A Picture of Percy taken a few years before the War.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
27th Batt. War Diary with Percy's Military Medal Award after Passchendeale. There were a lot of casualties 45 killed, 16 missing, and 160 wounded.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
Percy Corbett's Attestation Papers. He signed up in January 1917 but due to a hernia he was not allowed to train as a combat soldier. Percy was then trained as a stretcher bearer and left for France in June 1917.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
Death Notice - Manitoba Free Press Sept. 14, 1918
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
P.M. Corbett's Military Medal Award as a Stretcher Bearer in the first wave of Passchendaele. Percy was KIA 27-8-18. Family story is that he was shot after being lured into helping a wounded German Soldier in No-Mans Land. Percy's body was never recovered and his name is on the Vimy Memorial. He was not cleared for combat due to a pre-existing hernia, but was made a Stretcher Bearer instead. Brave Man - Not Forgotten.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
27th Batt. War Diary for August 27, 1918. The Battle SE of Arras where Percy was killed. It states that there were 15 KIAs that day.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree.
The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 1+2 out of 4
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree.
The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 3+4 out of 4
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
The Circumstances of Death Notice for Percy Corbett. He was killed by a sniper while helping a wounded German Soldier.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Percy Melville Corbett
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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A Picture of Percy taken a few years before the War.
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27th Batt. War Diary with Percy's Military Medal Award after Passchendeale. There were a lot of casualties 45 killed, 16 missing, and 160 wounded.
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Percy Corbett's Attestation Papers. He signed up in January 1917 but due to a hernia he was not allowed to train as a combat soldier. Percy was then trained as a stretcher bearer and left for France in June 1917.
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Death Notice - Manitoba Free Press Sept. 14, 1918
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P.M. Corbett's Military Medal Award as a Stretcher Bearer in the first wave of Passchendaele. Percy was KIA 27-8-18. Family story is that he was shot after being lured into helping a wounded German Soldier in No-Mans Land. Percy's body was never recovered and his name is on the Vimy Memorial. He was not cleared for combat due to a pre-existing hernia, but was made a Stretcher Bearer instead. Brave Man - Not Forgotten.
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27th Batt. War Diary for August 27, 1918. The Battle SE of Arras where Percy was killed. It states that there were 15 KIAs that day.
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A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree. The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 1+2 out of 4
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A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree. The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 3+4 out of 4
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The Circumstances of Death Notice for Percy Corbett. He was killed by a sniper while helping a wounded German Soldier.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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MÉMORIAL DE VIMY Pas de Calais, France
L'hommage le plus impressionnant que le Canada a rendu à ceux de ses citoyens qui ont combattu et donné leur vie au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, a trouvé son expression concrète dans le Monument Commémoratif du Canada à Vimy, qui surplombe majestueusement la plaine de Douai du sommet de la crête de Vimy, à environ huit kilomètres au nord-est d'Arras. Le Monument représente un hommage à tous ceux qui ont combattu pour leur pays durant ces quatre années de guerre et, en particulier, à ceux qui ont donné leur vie. Sur le socle du Monument, sont gravés dans la pierre, en français et en anglais, les mots suivants :
Sur les parois du Mémorial sont inscrits les noms de plus de 11 000 soldats canadiens «manquant à l'appel et présumés morts» en France.
Le terrain du parc de ce champ de bataille, d'une superficie de 91,18 hectares, «est un don de la nation française au peuple canadien», comme l'indique une plaque à l'entrée du Mémorial. La construction de cet ouvrage gigantesque commença en 1925; onze ans plus tard, le 26 juillet 1936, le roi Édouard VIII dévoilait le Mémorial de Vimy.
Le parc qui entoure le Mémorial est l'oeuvre d'experts en horticulture. Une multitude d'arbres et d'arbustes du Canada y ont été plantés pour rappeler les forêts et les bois canadiens. Autour du Mémorial, au-delà des coteaux verdoyants qui y mènent, s'étendent des parcs boisés. À la vue des tranchées et des tunnels parfaitement restaurés, le visiteur peut imaginer l'énorme tâche que le Corps canadien dut accomplir ce matin historique, il y a bien des années.
Le 3 avril 2003, le gouvernement du Canada a désigné le 9 avril de chaque année comme étant la journée nationale du souvenir de la bataille de la crête de Vimy.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
L’image du coquelicot est une marque déposée de la Légion royale canadienne (Direction nationale) et est utilisée avec sa permission. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur le coquelicot.
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