grave marker
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19390002-869
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1918/09/02
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - France
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Ceremonial artifact
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1918/09/02
- Latest 1918/09/02
- Inscription IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS N.C.Os & MEN; (plaque): LIEUT M.J. WATSON M.C LIEUT C.G. BIRNS LIEUT D.C. CAMPBELL JOHNSON LIEUT E. DRUMMOND HAY LIEUT J. ELLIOTT LIEUT P.D. FALCONER STEWART; 16th CANADIAN SCOTTISH KILLLED IN ACTION 2.9.18
- Materials Wood, Brass
- Rank Lieutenant
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Person / Institution Associated Military Personnel, Mason , M.C., Lieutenant Morten JosephAssociated Military Personnel, Birns, Lieutenant Cyril GarnetAssociated Military Personnel, Campbell Johnson, Lieutenant D. C.Associated Military Personnel, Drummond-Hay, Lieutenant EricAssociated Military Personnel, Elliott, Lieutenant JohnAssociated Military Personnel, Falconer-Stewart, Lieutenant Peter Douglas
- Measurements Length 177.2 cm, Width 54.0 cm, Thickness 2.5 cm
- Caption Grave Marker
- Additional Information This white, wooden cross originally marked the graves of several officers from the 16th Battalion killed in action on 2 September 1918 attacking the Drocourt-Queant Line. They may have been buried in a mass grave. The officers were Lieutenant M.J. Watson, Lieutenant C.G. Birns, Lieutenant D.C. Campbell Johnson, Lieutenant E. Drummond Hay, Lieutenant J. Elliot, and Lieutenant P.D. Falconer Stewart.