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Lance Corporal Harold Lockhart Meston

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-11-25
Place of birth: St. Louis Michigan U.S.A.
Name of next of kin: Arthur Herbert Meston
Relationship of next of kin: Father
Address of next of kin: Essex, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bank Clerk
Address: Essex, Ontario
Height: 68.5 inches
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1917-11-14
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 32

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 213159
Highest Rank: Lance Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Private, 124th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-02-05 to 1917-11-14
  2. Private 1917-01-04 to 1917-02-05
  3. Private 1916-07-19 to 1917-01-04
  4. Private 1916-07-06 to 1916-07-19
  5. Private 1916-03-29 to 1916-06-07
  6. Lance Corporal 1916-02-01 to 1916-03-29
  7. Private 1915-11-26 to 1916-02-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed:

KIA at Passchendaele

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1594597
LAC ID: 188944
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6139-S014
Uploader's Notes: Son of A. H. and Janet L. Meston, of Essex, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:

Son of Arthur Herbert Meston and Janet Lela Meston (nee Lockhart); younger brother of Arthur Kent Meston (Service No. 213866)

124th Battalion Nominal Roll

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-09-11