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Galerie numérique de Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
The "Circumstance of Death" for Private Jeannotte reports that he was "previously reported missing, believed killed, now for official purposes presumed to have died". The document generically refers to this as the "Attack at Passchendaele", which was the ongoing major battle at that time. Private Jeannotte was working on the construction team when he was killed by the enemy artillery, not in the front line trenches.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
The remains of Private Jeannotte were not "knowingly" recovered at the time of his death, thus his name was recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial for the missing. A report has now been prepared for submission to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to have his name removed from the memorial and the headstone replaced at Track "X" Cemetery (grave A.4).
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
A photograph the graves in Row A at the Track "X" Cemetery has been marked to show the names of those killed and buried. The grave marked "Unknown Canadian" is the grave of Private Jeannotte of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
Graves Registration Report 1832748 shows an Unknown 16th Battalion soldier killed on 4 November 1917, along with four (4) known men of the same unit. There were only four (4) men of the battalion killed that day, thus the fourth man was Private George Alexander Jeannotte (graves 3, 4, 5, 6). A fifth man, Private Omey Ferguson #754291, of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, was also killed that day (grave 2), working on the same project.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
The war diary of the 16th Infantry Battalion records the death of the three (3) men of the 16th Battalion killed on 6 November 1917 (not the 4th as on the GRRF), while serving on a "working party". There was another man missing in action, that being Private Jeannotte. They were working east of Wieltje, Belgium (trench map sector 28.C.28.b) on the road to Passchendaele when they were killed near Spree Farm (trench map sector 28.C.18.d).
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
The war diary of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, with whom the 16th Battalion was working on the road, records the shelling that occured, leading to many casualties. One of those was Private Ferguson (124th Bn - grave 2), buried close to Private Jannotte (16th Bn - grave 4).
Galerie numérique de
Soldat George Alexandre Jeannotte
An extract of the trench map from the McMaster University collection has been marked to show the location where the men were working on the Plank Road (trench map coordinates 28.D.14.b.25.85) on the road between Spree Farm and Gravenstafel. The villages of Wieltje, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele are marked for reference.
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George Alexander Jeannotte Menin Gate
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The "Circumstance of Death" for Private Jeannotte reports that he was "previously reported missing, believed killed, now for official purposes presumed to have died". The document generically refers to this as the "Attack at Passchendaele", which was the ongoing major battle at that time. Private Jeannotte was working on the construction team when he was killed by the enemy artillery, not in the front line trenches.
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The remains of Private Jeannotte were not "knowingly" recovered at the time of his death, thus his name was recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial for the missing. A report has now been prepared for submission to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to have his name removed from the memorial and the headstone replaced at Track "X" Cemetery (grave A.4).
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A photograph the graves in Row A at the Track "X" Cemetery has been marked to show the names of those killed and buried. The grave marked "Unknown Canadian" is the grave of Private Jeannotte of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
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Graves Registration Report 1832748 shows an Unknown 16th Battalion soldier killed on 4 November 1917, along with four (4) known men of the same unit. There were only four (4) men of the battalion killed that day, thus the fourth man was Private George Alexander Jeannotte (graves 3, 4, 5, 6). A fifth man, Private Omey Ferguson #754291, of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, was also killed that day (grave 2), working on the same project.
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The war diary of the 16th Infantry Battalion records the death of the three (3) men of the 16th Battalion killed on 6 November 1917 (not the 4th as on the GRRF), while serving on a "working party". There was another man missing in action, that being Private Jeannotte. They were working east of Wieltje, Belgium (trench map sector 28.C.28.b) on the road to Passchendaele when they were killed near Spree Farm (trench map sector 28.C.18.d).
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The war diary of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, with whom the 16th Battalion was working on the road, records the shelling that occured, leading to many casualties. One of those was Private Ferguson (124th Bn - grave 2), buried close to Private Jannotte (16th Bn - grave 4).
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An extract of the trench map from the McMaster University collection has been marked to show the location where the men were working on the Plank Road (trench map coordinates 28.D.14.b.25.85) on the road between Spree Farm and Gravenstafel. The villages of Wieltje, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele are marked for reference.
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MÉMORIAL DE LA PORTE DE MENIN (YPRES) Belgique
Le Mémorial de la Porte de Menin (Ypres) est situé dans la partie est de la ville de Ypres (maintenant Ieper) dans la province de la Flandre-Occidentale, sur la route de Menin et de Courtrai. Il porte les noms de 55 000 hommes disparus sans laisser de traces lors de la défense du saillant d'Ypres durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Dessiné par Sir Reginald Blomfield et érigé par la Commission des sépultures de guerre de l'Empire (maintenant du Commonwealth), ce Mémorial comprend une salle du Souvenir " longue de 36,6 mètres et large de 20,1 mètres. Au centre se trouve un large escalier conduisant aux remparts qui surplombent les douves et les loggias sur colonnes qui entourent le monument. Sur les murs intérieurs de la salle, du côté de l'escalier, ainsi que sur les murs des loggias, les noms des morts sont inscrits par régiments et par corps sur des panneaux en pierre de Portland.
Au-dessus de l'arche centrale on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction:
AUX ARMÉES DE L'EMPIRE BRITANNIQUE QUI COMBATTIRENT ICI DE 1914 À 1918 ET À LEURS MORTS DONT LA TOMBE EST INCONNUE.
Et, au-dessus de l'escalier qui conduit à la salle principale, on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction :
À LA PLUS GRANDE GLOIRE DE DIEU ICI SONT INSCRITS LES NOMS DES SOLDATS QUI SONT TOMBÉS DANS LE SAILLANT D'YPRES, MAIS QUE LES HASARDS DE LA GUERRE ONT EMPÊCHÉS D'AVOIR UNE IDENTITÉ ET UNE SÉPULTURE HONORABLE COMME LEURS CAMARADES DANS LA MORT.
Chaque jour à 20 h, une cérémonie toute simple rappelle encore aujourd'hui le souvenir des morts. Alors que la circulation est arrêtée à la barrière, deux clairons (quatre dans les grandes occasions) sonnent l'appel aux morts. Les deux trompettes d'argent utilisées durant la cérémonie ont été données au Comité de l'appel aux morts par un officier de l'Artillerie royale canadienne, qui servait dans la 10e batterie de St. Catharines (Ontario), à Ypres, en avril 1915."
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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