Captain Ernest D’Harcourt McMeans
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
McMeans,
Ernest D’Harcourt
Date of birth: 1889-05-06
Place of birth: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Lendrum McMeans, KC, father, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Barrister-at-Law
Occupation (normalized): Lawyer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-05-22
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Guards Cemetery (Cuinchy), V. D. I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(8th Battalion)
Rank detail
Captain, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Festubert
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 195133
LAC ID:
134382
Service file: B7107-S035
Uploader's Notes: 8 years prior service with 90th Regiment, Winnipeg Rifles. Son of Lendrum and Mary Beatrice McMeans (nee Horris), of 908, Somerset Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action - He was with his Company in action at Festubert on May 22nd, 1915, when about 11 a.m. the trench they occupied was subjected to a very severe bombardment and Captain McMeans was hit by a pice of a large enemy shell, which passed through his head causing instantaneous death.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action - He was with his Company in action at Festubert on May 22nd, 1915, when about 11 a.m. the trench they occupied was subjected to a very severe bombardment and Captain McMeans was hit by a pice of a large enemy shell, which passed through his head causing instantaneous death.
Uploader's Research notes: WeRelate Wiki [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion B Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-20