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John Lindsay

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Armourer Corporal John Lindsay

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 29.12.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • Service no: 106362
  • Rank: Armourer Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 12.10.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Contay British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.A.28

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 25.11.1891
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Blacksmith
  • Mother:

    Jane Lindsay, 4 Corso St, Dundee

  • Father:

    James Lindsay

  • Siblings:

    Charles, Easson, Frank, Frederick, & William

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Lindsay

John died of wounds sustained at Regina Trench. He had five brothers who served in the Great War, three with the Canadian Army and two with the British Army. They were, Pte Easson Dewar Lindsay 229348, 44th Battalion Canadian Infantry who was killed in action 11 May 1917, Pte Frederick Lindsay 229357, 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Pte William Lindsay 922409, 200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Pte Charles Lindsay, 89337, 100th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Driver Frank Lindsay, 78th Company, Machine Gun Corps.

For more information on John, visit John’s Memorial and John’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are several references to John in the local Dundee Newspapers held in Dundee Central Library.

Courier 20/10/1916 page 4, and Peoples Journal 28/10/1916 pages 10 & 14, and 20/01/1917 page 7.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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