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Page includes 3 newspaper clippings, "Pte. Geo. Raynor Killed in Action," "Lt. Jack Lews Home on Leave: Ottawa soldier was wounded during night operations at St. Eloi," and "His Death was Glorious One: Inspiring story of how third son of late General Cotton gave his life." Photograph depicts group of seated soldiers and is captioned "fatigue."
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- [start clipping] PTE. GEO. RAYNOR KILLED IN ACTION --- Word has been received of the death of Pte. George T. Raynor, only son of Mr. T.G. Raynor, representatitve for eastern and northern Ontario of the seed brach of the department of agriculture, and Mrs. Raynor, of 9 Regent street, Ottawa. Pte. Raynor was killed in action between the 2nd and 4th of June in the recent heavy fighting around Ypres. He was 22 years of age and enlisted in January, 1915, going overseas with a draft from the 8th C.M.R. He had been in the trenches since the end of last October. He was a student and attended at different times Elgin and Cartier public schools, the Ottawa collegiate institute and the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. He had recently been on survey work. He was an active member of the Excelsior Club of McLeod Street Methodist church. Born at Rose Hall, Prince Edward county, Ontario, He came from United Empire Loyalist stock and fully upheld the traditions of those who long ago came to Canada to live under the flag for which Pte. Raynor has now paid the last sacrifice. [end clipping] [start clipping] LT. JACK LEWIS HOME ON LEAVE --- Ottawa Soldier Was Wounded During Night Operations at St. Eloi. --- Lieut. "Jack" Lewis has returned home on a two months' leave to recover from the wounds he received at the front. The well known Ottawa officer is recovering nicely and is most optimistic of the future. "They seem to be in better sprits in England and in France than they are here," he said. "The boys of the signal section with which I was, were in good health when I left and were doing good work. I was with the 2nd Divisional Signal company under Major Bogart. Major Bogart is a splendid officer." Major Bogart is well known in Ottawa where he was for some months during the time the Second Divisional Engineers were in training here. Lt. Lewis was wounded at St. Eloi shortly before the big engagement there. He was at work at night laying cables underground to the front trenches when a stray bullet caught him. He was in the hospital at Folkestone for some time. [end page] [start page] The signallers in the trench warfare have little flags waving to do, although in spare time they keep up the practice in the semaphore and Morse with their flags so that if the occasion presents itself to enable them to use the flag signals they will not have forgotten how. Practically all the communications are kept up by wire. All the cables to the front trenches have to be laid at night, but in the positions further back the work can be done in the day time. There is some lamp signalling. Lt. A. A. Anderson, son of Lt.-Col. Anderson of Ottawa is with the same signal section as Lieut. Lewis, and is proving a most capable officer. Lieut. Lewis was in England when the news of the naval battle off Jutland was announced. The first reports cast a gloom over the islands but the later announcements brought out, that what seemed at first a defeat, was in reality a victorya, and gradually changed the feeling. There was however deep mourning for the many brave men who went down during the sea fight. He spoke of the deep grief that spread over England at the death of Earl Kitchener. [end clipping] [start clipping] HIS DEATH WAS GLORIOUS ONE --- Inspiring Story of How Third Son of Late General Cotton Gave His Life --- Captain Charles Penner Cotton, the third son of the late General William Henry Cotton, adjutant- general, who was reported as missing after the last big battle at Ypres, is now reported as having been killed in action, and the story of his death is a most inspiring one and well worthy of the grand family from which he came. He is the third brother to make the supreme sacrifice in the cause of empire. The eldest son, Harry Cotton, was killed in South Africa and the youngest son, Capt. Ross Penner Cotton, was in the casualty list only the other day as having been killed in action in France. The three boys were grand-nephews of the late Co. Thomas Ross, who raised the G. G. F. G., and father of Mrs. J. A. Clayton, Cobourg street. Capt. Charles Cotton gave his life in the brilliant fighting in which the Canadians recovered the lost ground a few days ago. "In the counter-attack Captain Charles Cotton, son of General Cotton and picked crews of three guns, smuggled them out within three hundred yards of the enemy parapet - our former parados - and blew open a way for the Canadian infantry. "Each man knew that only a miracle could save him. One by one they dropped away, wounded or until killed. Capt. Cotton, badly wounded, was the only one left, feeding the single gun that was effective, he fired shrapnel at close range at the Huns who attempted to stem our attack. "Weakening from loss of blood, he happened to see a wireless operator, whose aerial had been shot away, showed him how to use time fuses. The two of them worked the gun until an unlucky hit blew it to smithereens. The operator had a marvellous escape, but Capt. Cotton was never seen again, though with the dawn volunteers searched the place for his body." [end clipping]
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