Private Edgar Stewart Meeres
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Meeres,
Edgar Stewart
Date of birth: 1871-01-05
Place of birth: Melksham Wiltshire
Next of kin: Mary Jane Meeres, (wife), 1116 Ave. G North, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): homestead farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-05-05
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Maple Copse Cemetery, Sp. Mem. A. 22.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 475937
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Sanctuary Wood
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 480668
LAC ID:
193177
Service file: B6096-S042
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Dr. E.E. and Mary Milly Meeres; husband of Mary Jane Meeres (nee Willis), of Red Deer, Alberta. Born in Plymouth, England. Original overseas unit 3rd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 2, 1916.
See attached obituary from the Red Deer News published 24 May 1916, pg. 4. From this source:
A brother of Lieut. Horace Meeres of Red Deer, Alberta; and Thomas Meeres at Clearview.Living in Canada for thirty years - first at Balcarres, Saskatchewan.In Saskatoon about eight years working with L. Goldman in the real estate and commission business.Left behind a wife and two sons: Edgar and Horace. Both sons enlisted in the 65th Battalion C.E.F.Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd University Company Not Specified Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-29