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Herrick Stevenson Duggan
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Herrick Stevenson Duggan 1
- Born: 1891, Montreal, P.Q. 1
- Died: 21 Oct 1915, France aged 24 1 2 3
- Buried: Bethune Town Cemetery, France 4
 Research Notes:
Bethune is 29 kilometres north of Arras. From the town centre of Bethune, turn right in front of the Tribunal and second right at the bottom of the road down to the cul-de-sac where the cemetery will be found. Historical Information: For much of the First World War, Bethune was comparatively free from bombardment and remained an important railway and hospital centre, as well as a corps and divisional headquarters. The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in the town until December 1917. Early in 1918, Bethune began to suffer from constant shell fire and in April 1918, German forces reached Locon, five kilometres to the north. The bombardment of 21 May did great damage to the town and it was not till October that pressure from the Germans was relaxed. Bethune Town Cemetery contains 3,004 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, including 26 men of the 1/8th Manchester Regiment who were killed by a bomb on 22 December 1917 while marching to rest billets. Second World War burials number 19. There are also 122 French and 87 German war graves. The Commonwealth section of the cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Sources
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George Herrick Duggan, copy of same in possession of Richard (Dick) Duggan of Kelowna, B.C., 4 pages of descendant charts.
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Toronto Star?.
HERRICK DUGGAN NOTED ENGINEER KILLED BY CAR
Native of Toronto, Leading Figure in Sport, Finance and Industry, Victim of Accident in Quebec
One of the "grand old men" of Canadian Engineering and a leading figure in Canada's sport, finance and industry, Herrick Duggan died instantly of injuries received in a three-car accident near St. Jerome, Que., yesterday. He was struck by his own automobile from which he had alighted. A truck, struck by a third car, crashed into Mr. Duggan's auto and hurled it against him. The impact broke his neck. [some details of a previous injury]
Born in Toronto Sept. 6th, 1862, George Herrick Duggan was the son of John Duggan, Queen's Council, and Amelia Tulloh Duggan. The family home was in Windsor street, then a private street, a fashionable area overlooking the harbour and enclosed by iron gates. The Duggans came to York shortly after Simcoe founded it, and had an estate up Yonge street, below Thornhill, with a mill and salmon fishery, ere the 18th century ended.
SURVEYED FOR CPR
[details]
But he was interested in sailing from his early boyhood, and was one of the pioneers of sailing on Toronto Island.
HONORED BY COLLEGES
He held two honorary LL.D. degreees, from Queens's and McGill, as well as the D. Sc he gained at Toronto.
[career details], president and managing director of the Dominion Bridge Co, [etc, etc.]
SONS DIED IN WAR
Mr. Duggan was the father of two sons, both of whom he lost in the First Great War. Lt. H.S. Duggan, RE, being killed in action in 1915, and Major K. L. Duggan in 1917. His daughter is the wife of Senator the Hon. Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen
He held the Royal Humane Society medal for saving life on Lake St. Louis, awarded in 1893.
An inquest will be held, it was announced today.
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Toronto Evening Telegram, 1946
[deatails of the fatal car accident]
Herrick Duggan's figure stands high on Canada's horizon. Born in Toronto, and great grandson of that Col. Duggan whose venerable figure is seen in the early photograph of the last muster of Toronto veterans of the War of 1812, he did more for this country than even his valiant ancestor.
[details of his engineering career inc. the building of the the Quebec Bridge, spanning the St. Lawrence River above Wolfe's Cove. ]
[details of his sailing career and yacht designs]
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Name: DUGGAN, HERRICK STEVENSON Initials: H S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Engineers Age: 24 Date of Death: 21/10/1915 Additional information: Son of George Herrick Duggan and Mildred Scarth Stevenson, his wife, of Toronto, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. K. 10. Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Name: DUGGAN, KENNETH LOCKE Initials: K L Nationality: Canadian Rank: Major Regiment: 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment) Age: 24 Date of Death: 30/10/1917 Additional information: Son of George Herrick Duggan and Mildred Scarth Stevensen Duggan, of 120, McTavish St., Montreal. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 30, 32. Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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