Title: Revere Osler's Headstone at Dozinghem Cemetery in Flanders, Belgium
Location: Flanders (Belgium)
Date: Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
17.6 x 12.5 cm including borders
16.4 x 9.0 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_091-005CC2_P
Description: Revere Osler's headstone at Dozinghem Cemetery in Flanders, Belgium. The original marker was a wooden cross. Revere, the only son of William and Grace Revere Osler, was fighting for the Royal Field Artillery when he was wounded in a German attack near Ypres, Belgium. He died of his wounds on August 30, 1917 and was buried in Flanders immediately afterwards. Harvey Cushing, a friend of the Oslers and Sir William Osler's first biographer, had been serving nearby in a medical unit and was present during Revere's final hours and at his funeral.
Subject Sepulchral monuments
Subject Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917 -- Tomb
Subject Flanders (Belgium)
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.
Location: Flanders (Belgium)
Date: Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
17.6 x 12.5 cm including borders
16.4 x 9.0 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_091-005CC2_P
Description: Revere Osler's headstone at Dozinghem Cemetery in Flanders, Belgium. The original marker was a wooden cross. Revere, the only son of William and Grace Revere Osler, was fighting for the Royal Field Artillery when he was wounded in a German attack near Ypres, Belgium. He died of his wounds on August 30, 1917 and was buried in Flanders immediately afterwards. Harvey Cushing, a friend of the Oslers and Sir William Osler's first biographer, had been serving nearby in a medical unit and was present during Revere's final hours and at his funeral.
Subject Sepulchral monuments
Subject Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917 -- Tomb
Subject Flanders (Belgium)
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.