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Description Portrait of Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, VC, MD. Worked with 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance unit during 2nd Battle of Ypres, and has been credited with giving the order to urinate on handkerchiefs during chlorine gas attack on Canadian lines ('though it is questionable whether he originated the order). Won a VC on 25 April, 1915, during that battle.
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Source First World War.com, vintage photographs, from: Mumby, F.A., ed. (1915-17). The Great World War: A History. Five volumes, Gresham Publishing Company.
Author Unknown, published more than 70 years ago.

Web site copyrights original content only. For use in articles on Second Battle of Ypres and F.A.C. Scrimger Esseh 23:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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current10:44, 26 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 10:44, 26 December 20111,400 × 1,727 (476 KB)LimoWreck (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 23:01, 23 April 2007 This sharpening of image artifacts is a horrible quality reduction!
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23:01, 23 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:01, 23 April 20071,400 × 1,727 (476 KB)Esseh~commonswiki (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Portrait of Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, VC, MD. |Source= [http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/gw_scrimger_01.jpg First World War.com, vintage photographs], from: Mumby, F.A., ed. (1915-17). ''The Great World War:

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