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Lieutenant Samuel Gordon Rennie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-06-13
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Maria Deering Rennie, mother. 310 Glen Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: widow(er)
Occupation (attested): Bookkeeper
Occupation (normalized): Bookkeeper, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1918-09-27
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 9602
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant (Army). 1918-06-07 to 1918-09-27
  2. Lieutenant (Army). 1918-03-15 to 1918-06-07
  3. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-05-21 to 1918-03-15
  4. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-05-20 to 1917-05-21
  5. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-02-11 to 1917-05-20
  6. Lieutenant (Army). 1916-10-27 to 1917-02-11
  7. Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-10-26 to 1916-10-27
  8. Sergeant (Army). 1916-05-14 to 1916-10-17
  9. Corporal (Army). 1916-02-11 to 1916-05-14
  10. Private (Army). 1916-02-10 to 1916-02-11
  11. Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-01-11 to 1916-02-10
  12. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-05 to 1916-01-11
  13. Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-06 to 1915-03-05
  14. Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1915-03-05
  15. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1914-11-06
  16. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1914-10-26
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bourlon Wood
Awards

Military Medal
Date of award: 1916-10-11
Source: London Gazette No. 29780, pg. 9839

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Lieutenant Samuel Gordon Rennie
Lieutenant Samuel Gordon Rennie

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 1573452
LAC ID: 598181
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8196-S026
Uploader's Notes:

Son of James Rennie and Maria Deering Rennie (nee Trowhill); husband of Pearl Rennie (nee Bethune) married September 15, 1907; husband of Flossie Edna Rennie (nee Brookes, later Gillard) married March 28, 1917; father of Grace Rennie and Barbara Deering Rennie; cousin of Robert Rennie

Killed in Action while directing his battery which took part in the machine gun barrage during the attack on Sains-les-Marquion on the morning of September 27th, 1918. He was hit in the back by shrapnel from an enemy shell. Stretcher bearers rendered first aid, but he died before he could be taken to a dressing station.

Prior service with the QOR

Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion B Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps Machine Gun Depot Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion B Company Corporal Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion B Company Private Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion B Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion No. 4 Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 18th Machine Gun Company Sergeant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion D Company Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29841, November 29, 1916, pg. 11686 Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry General List Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion B Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 2nd Motor Machine Gun Brigade Military Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-03-12