Final Resting Place: John Miller Moreland (1882-1940)

   In July 2021, returning home to Ottawa from Toronto, I decided to stop and visit the Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, Ontario for the very first time to pay my respects to my great grandfather John Miller Moreland.

 Noted on the headstone is the acronym QMS-RCHA. QMS which is a military abbreviation for Quarter Master Sergeant (Warrant Officer Class II) and RCHA is an abbreviation for the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - specific regiment of artillery inside the Royal Canadian Artillery. 

Previously, members of my family had visited this exact same site in the 1960s and 1990s and the headstone has changed over the years.

Headstone: "John Moreland QMS-RCHA Died Oct 10, 1940 Aged 68 years" Taken circa 1960s at the Catarqui cemetery in Kingston, Ontario

 

John Moreland's current headstone Pictured with his daughter Dorothy Moreland (1909-2000) and his granddaughter Barb (Creighton) Huston (1933-2021) (photo taken circa 1990s)

If you would like to visit the cemetery and pay your respects, John Miller can be found in the military section of the cemetery as indicated by the red dot below.

John Miller Moreland is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery in section DVA G range 6 Lot 25.

John Miller Moreland is buried with his comrades at Cataraqui Cemetery
in section DVA G range 6 Lot 25.

My great grandfather John Miller Moreland (1882-1940)
with his daughter (my grandmother)
Dorothy (1909-2000)