Captain George Fraser Kerr, V.C., M.C., M.M. 1895-1929

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted December, 2010

Photo from Google Street View ©2010 Google - Posted December, 2010

Plaque Location

The County of Hastings
The Town of Deseronto
In Centennial Park on the waterfront on Main Street
just to the west of the foot of Mechanic Street

Coordinates: N 44 11.475 W 77 03.422

Plaque Text

Born at Deseronto, Kerr attended schools here and in Toronto. With the outbreak of the First World War he enlisted on September 22, 1914 with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and arrived in France the following February. He won the Military Medal at Mount Sorrel on June 13, 1916, the Military Cross at Amiens on August 18, 1918, and a Bar to the latter award at Queant later that summer. The Victoria Cross, the British Empires highest decoration for valour, was awarded to Kerr for his exemplary daring and leadership at Bourlon Wood on September 27, 1918. He outflanked a machine-gun position and later, far in advance of his troops, he rushed a strong point and, single handed, captured four machine-guns and thirty-one prisoners.

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