Frederick Lennie Attestation Papers, February 20th, 1915. (Al Lennie.)
Condolence letter from Minister of Militarie and Defence of Canada, Sam Hughes to Charles Edward Lennie, the father of Lewis Frederick Lennie, August 11th, 1916. (Al Lennie.)
Lewis Frederick Lennie’s Death Certificate, July 14th, 1916. (Al Lennie.)
Lewis Frederick Lennie in uniform at Lindsay, ON, circa 1915. (Al Lennie.)
Lewis Frederick Lennie in uniform overseas. (Al Lennie.)

Lewis Frederick Lennie

He was killed in action on July 14, 1916, while driving an armored motorcar in Belgium while the town was being shelled. He was nineteen years old.

Lewis Frederick Lennie of Lindsay, Ontario enlisted on February 20, 1915, and served as a private with the 3rd Canadian Ammunition Sub Park. He was killed in action on July 14, 1916, while driving an armored motorcar in Belgium while the town was being shelled. He was nineteen years old.

His father and brother also served. His father, Charles, was an ambulance driver in the Army Medical Corps and his brother James Edgar Lennie was with the 100th Battalion. Lewis’s brother Andrew, age fourteen, wanted to enlist but was too young.

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