WW1 Vimy Ridge 9th April 1917 Casualty KIA Trio to Torrance, 14th Battalion
Three: Private J. Torrance, 14th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9th April 1917.
1914-15 Star (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14-Can. Inf.)
John Torrance was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 June 1894 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in Montreal. He served with the 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms Military Cemetery, France.The battalion fought at the centre of the 3rd Brigade during the attack on Vimy Ridge and faced strong opposition. Several German strongpoints had survived the creeping barrage and their machine-guns caught the 14th in the open. By the end of the day the battalion's casualties were 92 killed and 173 wounded.
Medals are GVF or better with replacement ribbons.
