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Military service
Service number:
442445
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
July 23, 1890
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dr. Alexander McEwen of Moss Bank, Poolewe, Ross-shire, Scotland.
Stepbrother of Private Thomas Raymond Andrews, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Herbert McEwen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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