Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery

Cemetery: Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery

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Description

From downtown Montreal access Avenue du Parc, then left to Cote St. Catherine. Turn left onto Boulevard Mont-Royal then follow chemin de la foret into the cemetery.

History

During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No.4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First World War and during the Second, the Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St. Hubert. Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery contains 276 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 183 from the Second, most of them forming two war plots in Section G. A Cross of Sacrifice stands on the boundary between this cemetery and the adjoining Nortre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery.

People in This Cemetery

Name Plot Date of Death Age at Death
Bolton, Grace Errol S. G. G. 470. 1919-02-16 28
Campbell, Edith Section F 1263 1951-02-22 79
Currie, Arthur William, Sir 1933-11-30 57
Lightbound, Gertrude Amanda 1928-12-31 49
Ross, Stanley Graham F-760 1980-03-26 91
Sutherland, Walter Scroggie 1985-03-18 102

Location

Location: Montreal, Quebec

Country: Canada

Long: -73.5942    Lat: 45.5033