Private John Taylor Dewar, 730016

D Company, 4th Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Forces

Died of Wounds on April 3rd, 1918 at No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance sustained on April 1st, 1918 at Telegraph Hill, Arras Sector

4th Battalion War Diary Entry: April 1, 1918

Battalion relieved 1st Canadian Battalion in the TELEGRAPH HILL AREA, ARRAS. Relief complete by 11.25 p.m. of 31st inst.

“D” Company suffered two kiled [killed] and twenty one G.S. wounds while passing through BEAURAINS. Battalion headquarters located in deserted battery position in BEAURAINS. Royal Flying Corps Pilots report that Statue of the Virgin on ALBERT CATHEDRAL had fallen about March 26th. Popular French Legend that the great War would end Victorious forty days later. Weather: cool and dry. Clean sky and moonlight.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Eric Edwards, Grand Nephew