grave marker
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19870065-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
- Date Made 1917/04/08
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - France, Township / District - Vimy
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Ceremonial artifact
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/04/08
- Latest 1917/04/08
- Inscription IN MEMORY OF CAPT W.F. GUILD, STAFF CAPT 12TH CIB;132673 PTE J.C. ROSS, 73RD CDN INF BN, LIEUT L.H. GASS, 346878 D.R. SPECK, 5TH CDN SIEGE BTY WHO WERE FATALLY WOUNDED AT THIS SPOT ON 8TH APRIL 1917 WHILST PERFORMING A MOST VALUABLE RECONNISSANCE AND OBSERVATION WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARTILLERY PREPARATION FOR THE ATTACK ON APRIL 9TH 1917 ERECTED BY 2ND CDN INF BDE
- Materials Wood
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Person / Institution Subject, Guild, Captain William ForbesSubject, Ross, Private Clarence JohnSubject, Gass, Lieutenant Lawrence HendersonSubject, Speck , M.M., Gunner David Richard
- Measurements Length 198.0 cm, Width 96.5 cm