Albert Edgar Lamond

On May 3, 1917, he was hit by shrapnel from a high explosive shell in the right foot just below the ankle. On May 5, the foot was amputated just below the ankle joint. On June 15 a reamputation was done leaving a stump of seven inches. He returned to Canada December 20, 1917, and was fitted for an artificial leg. He served in Canada, England and France - with the 111th Battalion on enlistment, the 4th Reserve Battalion in England, the 1st Battalion in France, Western Ontario Regimental Depot, and the number 2 District Depot. He was discharged as medically unfit.

Courtesy of: Waterloo Region Generations

Albert E. Lamond was born in Galt, the son of James Lamond and Emma Hambly. He served overseas with the 111th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War One and served as the secretary of the Waterloo-Wellington Amputations Association. Mr. Lamond was one of the earliest managers of the Galt Arena Gardens serving from 1922, when the building was first opened, to his retirement in 1958. He died on September 19, 1975 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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