George Vail Raymond (1896 – 1918)
	
George Raymond was born in Digby, Nova Scotia. His family moved to Whitehorse when he was young.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 93.)) He enlisted to serve during the First World War in October 1916.((WWI Reg. #2004597. October 2, 1916 in Dawson. Attestation Paper, Library and Archives Canada.)) Raymond joined the Yukon Infantry, was transferred to the 17th Canadian Machine Gun Company, then the No. 1 Cadet Wing, Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to the 73rd Squadron, RFC and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. George Raymond died in 1918 when his Sopwith Camel stalled five minutes after take-off. He is buried in Coulommiers Communal Cemetery in Sein-et-Marne, France. Mount Raymond, southeast of Old Crow, was named in his honour in June 1973.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 93.))