Husband of Jenny Arthur, of Collingwood, East Vancouver, BC.
Commemorated on Page 361 of the Canadian First World War Book of Remembrance.
Eight military guard soldiers perished when the train they were on, the CPR "Soldiers' Special" Colonist 7-car train which was about to begin its journey to Vancouver, British Columbia, was hit from behind by a Pointe-Fortune local train near Dorval in Quebec.
The casualties of this accident were:-
Private Andrew HUNTER,
Private Richard Joseph CLARK,
Private Thomas KELLY,
Private Delore LALONDE,
Private John MACKIE,
Private George E. SIMPSON,
Private Percival ('Percy') Edward ARTHUR,
Private Matthew SHEARAN
Commemorated on Page 361 of the Canadian First World War Book of Remembrance.
Eight military guard soldiers perished when the train they were on, the CPR "Soldiers' Special" Colonist 7-car train which was about to begin its journey to Vancouver, British Columbia, was hit from behind by a Pointe-Fortune local train near Dorval in Quebec.
The casualties of this accident were:-
Private Andrew HUNTER,
Private Richard Joseph CLARK,
Private Thomas KELLY,
Private Delore LALONDE,
Private John MACKIE,
Private George E. SIMPSON,
Private Percival ('Percy') Edward ARTHUR,
Private Matthew SHEARAN
Husband of Jenny Arthur, of Collingwood, East Vancouver, BC.
Commemorated on Page 361 of the Canadian First World War Book of Remembrance.
Eight military guard soldiers perished when the train they were on, the CPR "Soldiers' Special" Colonist 7-car train which was about to begin its journey to Vancouver, British Columbia, was hit from behind by a Pointe-Fortune local train near Dorval in Quebec.
The casualties of this accident were:-
Private Andrew HUNTER,
Private Richard Joseph CLARK,
Private Thomas KELLY,
Private Delore LALONDE,
Private John MACKIE,
Private George E. SIMPSON,
Private Percival ('Percy') Edward ARTHUR,
Private Matthew SHEARAN
Commemorated on Page 361 of the Canadian First World War Book of Remembrance.
Eight military guard soldiers perished when the train they were on, the CPR "Soldiers' Special" Colonist 7-car train which was about to begin its journey to Vancouver, British Columbia, was hit from behind by a Pointe-Fortune local train near Dorval in Quebec.
The casualties of this accident were:-
Private Andrew HUNTER,
Private Richard Joseph CLARK,
Private Thomas KELLY,
Private Delore LALONDE,
Private John MACKIE,
Private George E. SIMPSON,
Private Percival ('Percy') Edward ARTHUR,
Private Matthew SHEARAN
Inscription
407 PRIVATE
PERCY E. ARTHUR
RAILWAY SERVICE GUARD
4TH JANUARY 1918 AGE 28
ONLY GONE TO HIS
HEAVENLY HOME ABOVE
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