Canada's Fallen the week of September 1 to September 5, 1914

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The Battle of the Marne was fought from September 5, 1915 to September 12, 1914 and was the bloody culmination of Germany's advance into France.  It is estimated that there were 500,000 casualties on both sides of the battle, and that together 81,700 French and British combatants were killed.  These events were followed closely in Canada.  However, the first Canadians did not arrive in France until November 1914, and Canadian soldiers were not fighting in Europe until 1915.

September 4, 1914

Private Bogan Scott Gee (also identified as Buigon Gee, and Boggan Gee, his name was corrected) died of peritonitis in Quebec on September 4, 1914.  He was 26 years old at his death, and was survived by his family in South Carolina, USA.  He was buried in Quebec, in the Mount Hermon Cemetery.  He had been a stranger in Edmonton, when he signed up, and the Canadian Army placed a notice in the Edmonton Bulletin on September 9, 1914 seeking information about his relatives.

Family record at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Private F C Taylor also died on September 4, 1914 and is buried in the Pleasant Street Cemetery in Kamloops, BC.

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