by Colin M.
Daniel Lionel Teed was born on October 12th, 1893 to Mariner G. Teed and Margaret A Teed. He had one sibling, his older brother Hugh M. Teed, who also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Infantry. He lived on 119 Hagan Street in Saint John. Before the outbreak of the War, he attended the Royal Military College in Ontario. He was 5 foot, 9 ½ inches tall, and was deemed fit for service overseas on January 14th, 1916.
Photo of Daniel Lionel Teed, 1893-1918
Teed was a member of the 5th Battery in Canada’s militia, with the rank of Captain; when he enlisted in the regular army, he was a Lieutenant in the 36th Howitzer Battery. The 36th was part of the 9th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery of the 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Corps, and was formed in January of 1916. The 36th Battery fought all across France and Belgium, at the northern end of the Western Front. The unit served until shortly after the end of the war, when it, along with the rest of the 3rd Canadian Division, was disbanded.
Lieutenant Teed had been with his unit since its formation, and was a well-respected officer. He made many friends within the 36th Battery, and was considered a brave and clever man. During the Battle of Hill 70, near Lens in France, in August of 1917, Daniel’s gallantry and brave actions earned him the Military Cross. During this battle, Daniel and another officer, Lieutenant Fleet, were wounded by a German “Yellow Cross” artillery shell. The ‘Yellow Cross’ was a type of shell designed to carry a chemical payload to cause burning and blistering on the skin. He returned to duty on October 7th, 1917.
Gravestone of Daniel Teed, Monchy-le-Preux Cemetery
On September 1st, 1918, the 36th Battery was assigned to clear some German barbed wire, in preparation for an upcoming attack. The battery was in a very exposed area, and came under fire from German artillery while completing their first objective. The next barrage of shells fell short, and Lieutenant Teed ran to the No. 2 howitzer to relay orders. When he arrived, an enemy shell struck the gun, killing Teed, the guns commander Sergeant McKay, and Gunner John Cornfoot. All three men were killed instantly. Despite the loss of these three respected men, the unit was able to finish the wire clearing, and the attack continued as planned.
Sources:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=28966
http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I25643&tree=Arthur
Hunt, M. S. and Major D. A. MacKinnon. Nova Scotia’s Part in the Great War: Chapter VII: The 36th Battery, C.F.A. The Nova Scotia Veteran Publishing Co. 1920.
SJHS Remembers 
This is amazing. I am trilled to come across this when I was doing research on my great-great uncle. It means a lot to me to see that a stranger has taken the time to write about an ancestor of mine.
Thanks to SJHS and to Mr. Colin M.
Thanks so much for your comment! I will pass it along to Colin. We were fortunate here because this is a distant relative (by marriage) of one of our teachers at SJHS.
That would be my aunt! Tell her I say Hello!
To SJHS and Colin
I am a great nephew of Daniel Lionel Teed and have access to his medals including his Military Cross and a photograph of the cross on the gravestone . Also his regimental record should Colin wish to see it .
Lionel also had two other brothers – John Francis Hannington Teed who was my grandfather and a lawyer here in Saint John and M. Gerald Teed who also was a lawyer and whom M. Gerald Teed school is named after.
I can be reached at this email
To SJHS and Colin
I am a great nephew of Daniel Lionel Teed and have access to his medals including his Military Cross and a photograph of the cross on the gravestone . Also his regimental record should Colin wish to see it .
Lionel also had two other brothers – John Francis Hannington Teed who was my grandfather and a lawyer here in Saint John and M. Gerald Teed who also was a lawyer and whom M. Gerald Teed school is named after.
That sounds wonderful! I don’t teach Colin any more, this was my class from last term. But if you’d like to contribute a photo of his medals that would be a wonderful addition to Colin’s research!
FYI
I commend the efforts made here.
I am also a grand nephew of D. Lionel Teed and am Peter Teed’s cousin and I just wanted to add that aside from the brothers Hugh Mariner Teed (who was also killed in France) and JFH & M.Gerald Teed ( mentioned above by Peter ) he also had four sisters. The chronological order of the siblings is thus: JFH 1888, Emily Wetmore 1890, Hugh Mariner 1892, Daniel Lionel 1893, Margaret Hanington 1897, Dorothy Isobel 1899, Mariner Gerald 1903, Mary Constance 1908
One other thing from family pictures it appears that D. Lionel was obviously the tallest of the brothers; JFH my grandfather was the only one whom I knew but I would have put him at 5″ 9″ or more so I am a bit curious about the 5″ 9½” given for Lionel. Was that from military records?
I am Daniel lionel Teed grand nephew.I have just returned from France where my high schhool friend Mark Sadler and I visited numerous WW1 battle sites.In particular I visited the field where Lionel was killed and also visited the cemetery wher he is buried.Both sites are close to the town of Manchy which was flattened during the war
Lionel was 24
I also visited the grave site where his brother Hugh Mariner Teed was buried