Captain George Fraser Kerr

1894 - 1929  (35 years)

• Name	George Fraser Kerr
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	8 Jun 1894	Deseronto, Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Military	1914	WW1   [1]
  	WW1, Captain, 3rd Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1
  	WW1, Lieutenant
  Died	8 Dec 1929	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	War hero
  Honoured	plaque
  	A triple-plaque unveiling was held at Valour Place, Cambridge Armoury, on May 7. The Ontario Heritage Foundation erected a plaque in honor of Sgt . Frederick Hobson, VC (1873-1917). The WHS supported the family's request for this plaque. Otherplaques honor Lieut. Samuel Honey,VC, DCM, MM; and Capt . George F.Kerr, VC, MC, and Bar, MM. They were also honored with OHF plaques in thecounties in which they were born. These men were living in Galt when they enlisted.
  Interesting	military
  Military	WW1
  Residence	Deseronto, Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario   [1]
  Residence	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-108501
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I108501	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  CAPT. GEORGE FRASER KERR, MC, VC 1894-1929 Born in Desoronto, Ontario on June 8, 1894, George Kerr attended the Galt Collegiate Institute from 1908 to 1913. In 1914 he joined the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) and arrived in France in 1915. He won the Military Medal at Mont Sorrel in June 1916 and was sent back to England to recover from his wounds He was appointed Lieutenant and returned to his unit in July 1917. He was awarded a Military Cross at Amiens in August 1918 and a second Military Cross at Bourlon Wood on September 27, 1918. Still not fully recovered from earlier wounds Captain Kerr won the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood when he rushed a stronghold and single-handedly captured four machine guns and thirty one prisoners. Following the war, Captain Kerr continued with Militia services in addition to his business career in Toronto. He died in Toronto on December 8, 1929 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. He is remembered locally with a plaque situated in Valour Place at the Cambridge Armoury. Source: Kathryn Hansuld Lamb, "The Politician Complexion of South Waterloo 1905 - 1943", Waterloo Historical Society Journal", Vol. 83, 1995. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Jun 1894 - Deseronto, Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario Died - 8 Dec 1929 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - War hero - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Deseronto, Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario Residence - - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth