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Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de William et Rosa Lees, de Old Ivy House, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Angleterre. Fiancé d'Elsie Cotton.
En tant qu'ancien membre du Royal Ottawa Golf Club, à Aylmer, au Québec, le Capitaine Lees est commémoré sur une plaque à l'entrée du club.
Galerie numérique de Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
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Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
The Royal Ottawa Golf Club erected a plaque honouring its members who gave their lives in the Great War.
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
The historical record of the 13th Battalion (5th Regiment, Royal Highlanders of Canada, tells us that Captain Gerald Oscar Lees was killed in action on 24 April 1915. This is an important distinction, as death on 25 April 1915 would have meant he fell at or near Wieltje (southwest of St. Julien) after the battalion left the area of the battle (northeast of St. Julien). Please refer to the file on Captain Lionel Ward Whitehead for more images, as he was reported as mortally wounded at that time. (VAC CVWM reference page http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1597021?Lionel%20Ward%20Whitehead)
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
Captain Gerald Oscar Lees having been killed on 24 April 1915 would have been on the road to Poelcappelle to the northeast of St. Julien. The only other reported Captain of the 13th Battalion killed in action between the 22nd and 25th was Captain Lionel Ward Whitehead. Research has shown that Captain Whitehead was taken POW, along with Lieutenant Pitblado and Major McCuaig. That leaves Captain Lees as the only Captain of the 13th Battalion whose remains were left in the area, had no known grave and was registered on the Menin Gate Memorial. (Image is Nicholson Sketch 8 with markings by Richard Laughton).
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
As the only Captain of the 13th Battalion that was lost in the area of 28.C.6 (trench map coordinates) whose remains we not knowingly recovered, we know that it is his remains that were recovered after the war and buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery. The CWGC COG-BR shows that he was recovered at 28.C.6.b.3.8 and buried in Grave 59.D.12. The only other Captain killed in that area was Lionel Ward Whitehead, who was taken prisoner and moved to Langemark.
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
It is the Graves Registration Report (GRRF) that tells us that the remains in Grave 59.D.12 of the Tyne Cot Cemetery were those of an unknown Captain of the Royal Highlanders of Canada. The 5th Regiment Royal Highlanders of Canada, a militia unit, served in the Great War as the 13th Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada.
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
23 April 2019, grave marker of Captain Gerald Oscar Lees identified by the late Richard Laughton, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Capitaine Gerald Oscar Lees
From the Montreal Star c.1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Galerie d'images
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The Royal Ottawa Golf Club erected a plaque honouring its members who gave their lives in the Great War.
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The historical record of the 13th Battalion (5th Regiment, Royal Highlanders of Canada, tells us that Captain Gerald Oscar Lees was killed in action on 24 April 1915. This is an important distinction, as death on 25 April 1915 would have meant he fell at or near Wieltje (southwest of St. Julien) after the battalion left the area of the battle (northeast of St. Julien). Please refer to the file on Captain Lionel Ward Whitehead for more images, as he was reported as mortally wounded at that time. (VAC CVWM reference page http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1597021?Lionel%20Ward%20Whitehead)
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Captain Gerald Oscar Lees having been killed on 24 April 1915 would have been on the road to Poelcappelle to the northeast of St. Julien. The only other reported Captain of the 13th Battalion killed in action between the 22nd and 25th was Captain Lionel Ward Whitehead. Research has shown that Captain Whitehead was taken POW, along with Lieutenant Pitblado and Major McCuaig. That leaves Captain Lees as the only Captain of the 13th Battalion whose remains were left in the area, had no known grave and was registered on the Menin Gate Memorial. (Image is Nicholson Sketch 8 with markings by Richard Laughton).
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As the only Captain of the 13th Battalion that was lost in the area of 28.C.6 (trench map coordinates) whose remains we not knowingly recovered, we know that it is his remains that were recovered after the war and buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery. The CWGC COG-BR shows that he was recovered at 28.C.6.b.3.8 and buried in Grave 59.D.12. The only other Captain killed in that area was Lionel Ward Whitehead, who was taken prisoner and moved to Langemark.
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It is the Graves Registration Report (GRRF) that tells us that the remains in Grave 59.D.12 of the Tyne Cot Cemetery were those of an unknown Captain of the Royal Highlanders of Canada. The 5th Regiment Royal Highlanders of Canada, a militia unit, served in the Great War as the 13th Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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23 April 2019, grave marker of Captain Gerald Oscar Lees identified by the late Richard Laughton, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
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From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star c.1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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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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