Captain Melville Greenshields
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Greenshields,
Melville
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1916-06-03
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, VI. A. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(13th Battalion)
Rank detail
Captain, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hill 62
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 432379
LAC ID:
430034
Service file: B3796-S028
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Naismith Greenshields and Elizabeth Glass Greenshields, of Montreal, Quebec.
His father, born in Danville, Quebec, was a lawyer for Louis Riel's trial in 1885. Later he was involved with Shawinigan Water and Power and Wabasso Cottons. Two of his sons started Greenshields & Company which eventually became Richardson Greenshields.
Captain Greenshields was killed outright after being hit by a piece of shrapnel on the head, link to 13th Battalion War Diary.
Uploader's Research notes: Attestation papers not on-line as of 21/5/2005. [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 13th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-04-21