Lieutenant-Colonel Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., 1890-1960

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Plaque Location

The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Township of Augusta
In Maitland, on the northwest corner of
King Street (Road 2) and Church Street

Coordinates: N 44 38.163 W 75 36.732

Plaque Text

Born at Lachute, Quebec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 1917, during the battle of Vimy Ridge, assisted by two runners, he captured two machine guns, two officers and seventy-five men. With the vision of the enemy obscured by a turn in a passage in their dug-out, he was able to convince them that he commanded a vastly superior force. His action eliminated a serious obstacle to the gaining of his battalion's objective, and he was awarded the British Empire's highest decoration for valour, the Victoria Cross.

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Posted October 8, 2009
Lovely memorial. one day i will visit it.

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