Allegiance Canada Rank Lieutenant Colonel Role Armed force officer Awards Victoria Cross | Years of service 1912 - 1919 Name Francis Caron Education McGill University | |
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Born February 10, 1880
Montreal, Quebec ( 1880-02-10 ) Buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal Unit Canadian Army Medical Corps (attached 14th Battalion, CEF) Battles/wars World War I - Second Battle of Ypres Died February 13, 1937, Montreal, Canada Place of burial Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Quebec, Canada Service/branch Canadian Expeditionary Force Similar People Horace Smith‑Dorrien, Albrecht - Duke of Wurttemberg, Arthur Currie, Bellenden Hutcheson | ||
Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger VC (February 10, 1880 – February 13, 1937), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Victoria Cross
During the Second Battle of Ypres on 25 April 1915 at Saint-Julien, Belgium, Captain Scrimger was in charge of an advanced dressing station in a farmhouse near Wieltje on the St. Julien-Ypres Road. The advancing enemy were bombarding the area with an intense shelling. The German infantry were within sight. Scrimger directed the removal of the wounded under the heavy fire. Captain Scrimger and a badly wounded Captain Macdonald were the last men left at the station. Scrimger carried the wounded officer out of the farmhouse to the road. The bombardment of shell forced Scrimger to stop and place Macdonald on the road. Scrimger then protected him with his own body. During a lull in the gunfire Scrimger again carried Macdonald toward help. When he was unable to carry him any further, he remained with the wounded man until help could be obtained.
Legacy
His medals are held at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. They were donated by his descendants in 2005.