Wallace Ernest Orchard (August 20, 1890 – June 2, 1917) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey left wing who played for Montreal AAA.[1]
| Wallace Orchard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
August 20, 1890 Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
June 2, 1917 (aged 26) Grévillers, France | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Played for |
Montreal AAA Montreal Victorias | ||
| Playing career | 1908–1915 | ||
Military service
editOn January 18, 1916, a year and a half after the outbreak of the First World War, Orchard enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service.[2] He was noted as a "good steady pilot" and was commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant in August.[2]
On June 2, 1917, Orchard, stationed with No. 3 Squadron on the Western Front, took off in a Sopwith Pup biplane to intercept German aircraft reported in the area.[2] While mounting an attack on one German plane, he was wounded in the face and subsequently returned to his squadron's airfield.[2] Approximately 200 feet (61 m) above the airstrip, Orchard's aircraft's engine failed, causing the aircraft to crash.[2] The severely wounded Orchard was recovered and transported to No. 1 Field Dressing Station at Beugny, then to the 29th Casualty Clearing Station in Grévillers, where he died of his wounds.[2] Orchard is buried at the Grevillers British Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1908–09 | Montreal AAA | CAHL[1] | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1914–15 | Montreal Victorias | Mtl CSHL[1] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Career totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Wallace Orchard - Profile". SIHR. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Page 184: Wallace Ernest Orchard". National Archives. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Wallace Ernest Orchard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved August 5, 2020.