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Norman Cahill Christie
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 24/04/1882 |
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Place of birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
General information
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Last known residence: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Profession: Manufacturer |
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Religion: Baptist |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lieutenant |
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Enlistment date: 23/10/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 85th Bn. (Nova Scotia Highlanders) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 28/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Decline Copse, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 35 |
Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery Plot: XXXVII Row: F Grave: 20 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 4
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| #4 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Norman Cahill Christie was born in April 1882 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. He remained there, married, and ran a manufacturing business. In October 1915, Norman enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Halifax. He was eventually assigned to the 85th Battalion, better known as the Nova Scotia Highlanders, part of the 12th Canadian Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division.
On October 28, 1917, the 4th Canadian Division left its camp near Ypres and moved to the front, where they relieved the 44th Battalion at Keerselaere, in shell craters and narrow trenches between Decline Copse by the railway and the Passchendaele road. During the relief, a German attack occurred. Lieutenant Christie was wounded in the foot and made his way to a dressing station in a pillbox along the railway for treatment. While he was waiting there, a German shell exploded directly on the bunker.
Norman, 35 years old, was killed instantly. He was buried nearby. After the war, he was reinterred at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XXXVII, Row F, Grave 20.
On October 28, 1917, the 4th Canadian Division left its camp near Ypres and moved to the front, where they relieved the 44th Battalion at Keerselaere, in shell craters and narrow trenches between Decline Copse by the railway and the Passchendaele road. During the relief, a German attack occurred. Lieutenant Christie was wounded in the foot and made his way to a dressing station in a pillbox along the railway for treatment. While he was waiting there, a German shell exploded directly on the bunker.
Norman, 35 years old, was killed instantly. He was buried nearby. After the war, he was reinterred at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XXXVII, Row F, Grave 20.
Sources 5
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Hayes J., The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders, (Halifax, Royal Print & Litho Limited, 1922), 90-96. Sources used |
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McCarthy Chris., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018) 153. Sources used |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1703 - 7). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War diaries: 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4944, Microfilm reel number: T-10751--T-10752, File number: 454). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 164). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/462259 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=be87cc20-feac-4fcb-9159-63deae4f7d0a |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/462259 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5518114 |