Person:Ernest McMeans (1)

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Ernest D'Harcourt McMeans
b.6 May 1889 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
d.22 May 1915 Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France
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  1. Vivian Arthur Vinton McMeans1885 - 1967
  2. Ernest D'Harcourt McMeans1889 - 1915
  3. Dorothy Lenore McMeans1890 -
  4. Lendrum Edmund McMeans1901 - 1983
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Name[1][2][3] Ernest D'Harcourt McMeans
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 May 1889 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation[1] 1914 Barrister-at-law
Death[2] 22 May 1915 Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial[2][4] Guards Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, FranceAbout 1 kilometre north-west of the village of Cuinchy west of crossroads known to the army as Windy Corner
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Canada. Soldiers of the First World War. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Canada. Canadian Expeditionary Force Burial Registration. (Ottawa, Carleton, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    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 piece of a large enemy shell, which passed through his head causing instantaneous death.

  3. ↑ Ernest D'Harcourt McMeans, in Canadian Great War Project.
  4. ↑ Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, France, in Find A Grave.

    Capt Ernest d'Harcourt McMmeans (sic)

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