Lieut.-Col. Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O.. Born in Lachute, Quιbec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 1917, during the battle of Vimy Ridge, assisted by two runners, he captured two machine guns, two officers and seventy-five men. With the vision of the enemy obscured by a turn in a passage in their dug-out, he was able to convince them that he commanded a vastly superior force. His action eliminated a serious obstacle to the gaining of his battalion's objective, and he was awarded the British Empire's highest decoration for valor, the Victoria Cross.
Born in Lachute, Quιbec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 1917, during the battle of Vimy Ridge, assisted by two runners, he captured two machine guns, two officers and seventy-five men. With the vision of the enemy obscured by a turn in a passage in their dug-out, he was able to convince them that he commanded a vastly superior force. His action eliminated a serious obstacle to the gaining of his battalion's objective, and he was awarded the British Empire's highest decoration for valor, the Victoria Cross.
Erected by Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.
Location. 44° 38.16′ N, 75° 36.729′ W. Marker is in Maitland, Ontario, in Leeds and Grenville United Counties. It is on Provincial Highway 2 west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Maitland ON K6V 5T1, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario and specifically in Southeastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
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Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2015, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 445 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2015, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec.
