Lieut.-Col. Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O.

Lieut.-Col. Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O. (HM1OVV)

Location: Brockville, Ontario K6V 5T1 Leeds and Grenville United Counties
Country: Canada
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N 44° 38.16', W 75° 36.729'

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1890-1960

Born in Lachute, Québec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 1917, during the battle of Vimy Ridge, assisted by two runners, he captured two machine guns, two officers and seventy-five men. With the vision of the enemy obscured by a turn in a passage in their dug-out, he was able to convince them that he commanded a vastly superior force. His action eliminated a serious obstacle to the gaining of his battalion's objective, and he was awarded the British Empire's highest decoration for valor, the Victoria Cross.
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Placed ByArchaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario
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Date Added Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 at 9:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 451448 N 4942698
Decimal Degrees44.63600000, -75.61215000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 38.16', W 75° 36.729'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 38' 9.6" N, 75° 36' 43.74" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1268-1272 County Rd 2, Brockville Ontario K6V 5T1, CA
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