Captain Clement Gordon Mead
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Mead,
Clement Gordon
Date of birth: 1880-07-25
Place of birth: Balcombe Sussex England
Next of kin: Mrs. Clement G. Mead; wife; Lake Saskatoon, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Lake Saskatoon, Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-01-18
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension, III. C. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(49th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Captain, 49th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lieutenant, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Lens, Belgium
Awards
Military Cross
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 304778
LAC ID:
194254
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B6082-S039
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the Rev. Richard Gawler Mead and Mrs. M. E. Mead of Sussex, England; husband of Kate Mead of Lake Saskatoon, Alberta.
Prior service - 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1900
War Diary of 49th Cdn Infantry Btn for January 19, 1918 at 12:30 am states: "Wire came in Capt G.C. MEAD Killed i/a. LT. WYNDHAM reported to A Co for duty.". Further Diary entry at 930 am: "Capt Mead's body conveyed to Rear for burial on G.S. Wagon.".
Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 66th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 9th Reserve Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 52nd Battalion Captain Army Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion A Company Military Cross ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-09-01