{"id":11276,"date":"2015-05-19T05:35:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T09:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=11276"},"modified":"2015-05-19T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T09:35:54","slug":"major-j-n-warminton-kia-in-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/major-j-n-warminton-kia-in-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Major J. N. Warminton KIA In 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, May 19, 1915<\/i><\/p>\n

Festubert (Indian Village)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cMajor Warminton killed.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Captain John Nicol Warminton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0\u201cFrom May 19th<\/sup> to May 22nd<\/sup>, the Royal Montreal Regiment lay in the old German trenches.\u00a0 On the 19th<\/sup> the Battalion suffered a severe loss when Major J. N. Warminton, who had succeeded to the command of No. 1 Coy., was killed by shell fire. Later the body of this officer was buried with full honours in the British Military Cemetery at the corner of the Rue du Bois and Rue de l\u2019Epinette.\u00a0 Shell fire continued to take heavy toll after Major Warminton\u2019s death, the Battalion between the 19th<\/sup> and 22nd<\/sup> of the month losing 75 other ranks killed and wounded, bringing the total for the engagement up to 143.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/p>\n

Major John Nichol Warminton, was born in Montreal, September 9, 1869, the son Mr. & Mrs. Richard Warminton of Lansdowne Avenue, Westmount. He was educated at the Montreal High School, later going to the Ste. Scholastique College to complete his French education.\u00a0 He then entered into business in Montreal, and early started out for himself, for the twenty-three years prior to his death having conducted a business as manufacturer\u2019s and commission agent, in which he met considerable success.<\/p>\n

Major Warminton was an old member of the Victoria Rifles.\u00a0 He served several years with them as captain, retiring a number of years before the war.\u00a0 He returned to military work when the Grenadier Guards were re-organized, and did enthusiastic work in building up that regiment.\u00a0 When war was declared he volunteered with the 14th<\/sup> Battalion, with whom he went to the front.<\/p>\n

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Capt. John Nicol Warminton (14th Bn.) and Lt.-Col. Carson (C.O. Canadian Grenadier Guards), Valcartier, 1914<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Known to his friends as \u201cJack\u201d, from his early days Major Warminton took a keen interest in athletic affairs, and soon made a name for himself as a supporter of all amateur sports.\u00a0 He was a life member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association [M.A.A.A.], and also a member of the Caledonia Curling, St. George\u2019s Snowshoe, the St. Lawrence Yacht, the Country Club, St. Lambert, the Engineers, the National and a number of other clubs.\u00a0 He was also a 32nd Degree mason, and an active member of the Victoria Lodge, A.F. & A.M.\u00a0\u00a0 He married Miss Emily Hayden, daughter of Mr. George Hayden, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, who survived him as did his parents.\u00a0[5]<\/a><\/p>\n

Major Warminton \u00a0had only just assumed command of No. 1 Company of the 14th<\/sup> Bn. (RMR) when he was killed by shell fire on May 19th<\/sup>, 1915. [6]<\/a>\u00a0 His promotion from Captain to Major was not gazetted in the London Gazette until September 18th<\/sup>, 1915 and showed an effective date coinciding with his date of death.\u00a0 While the 14th<\/sup> Battalion history says Major Warminton was buried with full honours in the British Military Cemetery at the corner of the Rue du Bois and Rue de l\u2019Epinette, he is now buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, France. \u00a0[7]<\/a> \u00a0A memorial tablet was dedicated to his memory in the Church of St. James the Apostle, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, on Sunday, October 31, 1915. [8]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, May 19, 1915.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089733.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0 R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th<\/sup> Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg. 56.<\/pre>\n
[3]\u00a0 http:\/\/www.canadiangreatwarproject.com\/general\/imageGeneral.asp?ImageId=10103<\/a><\/pre>\n
[4]\u00a0 http:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/eng\/remembrance\/memorials\/canadian-virtual-war-emorial\/detail\/262237<\/a><\/pre>\n
[5]\u00a0 Taken from: The Gazette<\/em>, Montreal, Quebec, Monday, May 24, 1915, pg. 5, col. 1<\/pre>\n
[6]\u00a0 Supplement To The London Gazette<\/em>, 92903, 18 September, 1915,\u00a0https:\/\/www.thegazette.co.uk\/London\/issue\/29301\/supplement\/92903<\/a><\/pre>\n
[7]\u00a0 Commonwealth War Graves Commission;<\/pre>\n
http:\/\/www.cwgc.org\/find-war-dead\/casualty\/262237\/WARMINTON,%20JOHN%20NICOL<\/a><\/pre>\n
[8]\u00a0 The Gazette<\/em>, Montreal, Quebec, Wednesday, October 27, 1915, pg. 11, col.2.<\/pre>\n
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