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Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
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Soldat John Fleming
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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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Soldat John Fleming
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Soldat John Fleming
Official Army photo of Private John Fleming.
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Soldat John Fleming
John Fleming leaving Alberta for war.
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Soldat John Fleming
The last picture the family has of our grandfather (John Fleming) before he left Coronation, Alberta for World War I. He is holding his youngest child, John, and sadly, is standing in a poppy field.
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Soldat John Fleming
John Fleming with his wife Mabel Rebecca (Haney), daughters Myrtle Isabelle (b. 1911) and Achsah May (b. 1913), and son John Sanford (b. 1915). The children were six, four and two years of age, respectively, when their father left for war.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat John Fleming
Our grandfather (youngest son of an Ontario farming family) moved west to farm in Haneyville, Alberta, where he met and married our grandmother, Mabel Rebecca Haney.
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Soldat John Fleming
When the railway was built and missed Haneyville, many of the buildings were moved to Coronation, Alberta. Mabel's father's store, (E.R. Haney's Big Store) was one of them. Our grandfather, Pte. John Fleming (in centre with moustache), is seen in this photo behind the counter of the store.
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Soldat John Fleming
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Soldat John Fleming
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John Fleming of Coronation, Alberta.
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Soldat John Fleming
The 187th Overseas Battalion of
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916.
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Soldat John Fleming
Close-up of John Fleming (centre, top row) in the 187th Overseas Battalion of
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916.
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Soldat John Fleming
One of the last two picture the family took of our grandfather. Prophetically, he is standing in an Alberta poppy field.
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Soldat John Fleming
Mabel Fleming in Coronation, Alberta with (left to right) children John, Achsah and Myrtle.
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Soldat John Fleming
John's wife Mabel Fleming in New Westminster, BC with (left to right) children Myrtle, John and Achsah. Mabel moved the children west to BC in 1920. Her husband was listed as missing in action on August 23, 1917, and was presumed to have died. For years after his presumed death, Mabel received calls from veterans hospitals asking if she could identify any of the shell shocked, nameless veterans as her husband. She never found her husband, John, and she never remarried.
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Soldat John Fleming
Left to right, Achsah, John, Mabel and Myrtle Fleming in New Westminster, BC.
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Soldat John Fleming
John and Mabel's son-in-law, Royle Smythe (left), and son John Fleming (right) both served in WWII. Lieutenant John Fleming initially was in the Westminster Regiment, but was transferred to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders on D Day + 3. He spent the remainder of World War II with the North Novas and received a battlefield promotion to Captain.
Sergeant Royle Smythe (married to Achsah Fleming) transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1940 and was stationed as an air force mechanic in training centres in Canada before serving overseas in India and Burma with the 435(or6?) Squadron.
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Soldat John Fleming
Private John Fleming with his parents and siblings as a boy in Ontario. (He is on the right in the top row.) The third son of a farming family, as an adult he moved west to Haneyville, Alberta to farm.
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The text of a letter written by Pte. A.V. Jackson to John Fleming's sister after his presumed death. Part of the letter was published in a local Ontario newspaper.
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Soldat John Fleming
Second Installment - The text of a letter written by Pte. A.V. Jackson to John Fleming's sister after his presumed death. Part of the letter was published in a local Ontario newspaper.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Official Army photo of Private John Fleming.
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John Fleming leaving Alberta for war.
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The last picture the family has of our grandfather (John Fleming) before he left Coronation, Alberta for World War I. He is holding his youngest child, John, and sadly, is standing in a poppy field.
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John Fleming with his wife Mabel Rebecca (Haney), daughters Myrtle Isabelle (b. 1911) and Achsah May (b. 1913), and son John Sanford (b. 1915). The children were six, four and two years of age, respectively, when their father left for war.
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Our grandfather (youngest son of an Ontario farming family) moved west to farm in Haneyville, Alberta, where he met and married our grandmother, Mabel Rebecca Haney.
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When the railway was built and missed Haneyville, many of the buildings were moved to Coronation, Alberta. Mabel's father's store, (E.R. Haney's Big Store) was one of them. Our grandfather, Pte. John Fleming (in centre with moustache), is seen in this photo behind the counter of the store.
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John Fleming of Coronation, Alberta.
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The 187th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916.
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Close-up of John Fleming (centre, top row) in the 187th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916.
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One of the last two picture the family took of our grandfather. Prophetically, he is standing in an Alberta poppy field.
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Mabel Fleming in Coronation, Alberta with (left to right) children John, Achsah and Myrtle.
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John's wife Mabel Fleming in New Westminster, BC with (left to right) children Myrtle, John and Achsah. Mabel moved the children west to BC in 1920. Her husband was listed as missing in action on August 23, 1917, and was presumed to have died. For years after his presumed death, Mabel received calls from veterans hospitals asking if she could identify any of the shell shocked, nameless veterans as her husband. She never found her husband, John, and she never remarried.
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Left to right, Achsah, John, Mabel and Myrtle Fleming in New Westminster, BC.
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John and Mabel's son-in-law, Royle Smythe (left), and son John Fleming (right) both served in WWII. Lieutenant John Fleming initially was in the Westminster Regiment, but was transferred to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders on D Day + 3. He spent the remainder of World War II with the North Novas and received a battlefield promotion to Captain. Sergeant Royle Smythe (married to Achsah Fleming) transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1940 and was stationed as an air force mechanic in training centres in Canada before serving overseas in India and Burma with the 435(or6?) Squadron.
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Private John Fleming with his parents and siblings as a boy in Ontario. (He is on the right in the top row.) The third son of a farming family, as an adult he moved west to Haneyville, Alberta to farm.
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The text of a letter written by Pte. A.V. Jackson to John Fleming's sister after his presumed death. Part of the letter was published in a local Ontario newspaper.
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Second Installment - The text of a letter written by Pte. A.V. Jackson to John Fleming's sister after his presumed death. Part of the letter was published in a local Ontario newspaper.
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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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