Ottawa-born who died at Vimy, 9 April 1917

Today marks the 101st anniversary of the start of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Here is a probably incomplete list of those born in Ottawa who died on that day.

FIRST NAMES	LAST NAME	Age	Regiment
JOHN DOUGLAS	ARMSTRONG	28	Canadian EngineersCanadian
CHARLES ANDREW	BUTLER	19	Canadian InfantryCanadian
ALEXANDER ALLEN	HALKETT	29	Canadian InfantryCanadian
GORDON RUTHVEN	HERON	33	Canadian InfantryCanadian
FRANK CAMERON	JAMIESON	26	Canadian InfantryCanadian
GEORGE GEOFFREY	MAY	23	Canadian InfantryCanadian
ALBERT EDWARD	MOSS	32	Canadian Machine Gun CorpsCanadian
GEORGE EDGAR	RUSSELL	28	Canadian InfantryCanadian
REGINALD LAWRENCE	SLADEN	19	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
GEORGE ARTHUR	THORNE	21	Royal Canadian RegimentCanadian

A total of 2,400 Canadian troops died on the day, according to CWGC.org, and 4,386 UK troops. Fighting at Vimy Canadians captured about 4,000 Germans while the UK troops fighting simultaneously at Arras captured 5,600 Germans.