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• Name VANSITTART
• Initials GE
• First name GEORGE EDWARD
• Place of birth Mussoorie
• Country India
• Family Only Son of John PenneFather Vansittart, P.W.D India, and of M. I. Vansittart
• Education Upper Canada College; Royal Military College; applied science 1904-1905; McGill University Montreal (engineering)
• Profession Electrical engineer with the Crane Falls Power and Irrigation Co., Idaho
• Extra info Great grandson of Admiral Henry Vansittart, of Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 7 December 1914, Toronto
• Rank Major
• Medals Mentioned in Despatches
• Regiment and unit 4th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery 13th Battery
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Enlisted with the 14th Batty, Lt; Captain November 1914; 13th Batty., Major, December 1914; Commanding Officer; to France September 1915; mentioned in despatches June 1916.

Death

• Wounded 14 May, near Dickebusch
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 14 May 1916
• Died at the age of 31
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - A - 37

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