Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Reginald John Godfrey Bateman – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Photo of Reginald John Godfrey Bateman – In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Group Photo – Louis Brehaut (standing), head, Department of Philosophy, and Reginald J.G. Bateman, head, Department of English, looking at [some papers]. Reginald J.G. Bateman (1883-1918) enlisted in 1914, went overseas in 1915, and returned to the U of S in 1916 to raise a company of the 196th (Western Universities) Battalion. Of the 5,374 men in the 46th Battalion, 4,917 were either killed or wounded. Bateman was killed near Dury, France on 3 September 1918. Louis Brehaut (1881-1932) was born in 1881 in Prince Edward Island and graduated from Dalhousie University in 1904 with high honours and medal in Greek and English. Brehaut spent several years teaching at Oxford and St. Andrews University in Scotland. Brehaut eventually returned to Oxford and finished his degree. He then lectured in Manchester University (England) and acted as examiner for St. Andrews. Brehaut joined the University of Saskatchewan. He enlisted in 1914, became a victim of shell-shock in 1915 and was invalided home to Canada. Brehaut was unable to continue teaching and resigned in 1916. He died in [Prince Edward Island] at age 51. Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan. University Archives and Special Collections (1970-)

War Memorial – Listing of those University of Saskatchewan alumni on the War Memorial Gates who gave their lives in the Great War. These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War 1914-1918 and gave their lives that we might live in freedom. Hugh Carter Allingham, William Mansell Codling, Renwick William Anderson, John Stewart Cowan, Reginald John Bateman , James Douglas Cumming, Charles McVicar Boyne, John Kenneth Dawson, Harold John Blair M.C., Reginald James Dillan, Charles Bremner, William Drysdale, James Brydon, Henry Egar, Frederick Burd, Lorne Burton Elliott, Thomas Caldwell, Wilfred John Evans, Gordon Mortimer Channell, John Pisher, Ernest R. Gilmer, Perry Dennington Kisbey, James Donald Graham M.M., Reginald A. Lovers M.M. Robert Carlion Grant, Shuli Gudbrandur Lindal, Arthur Gordon Gruchy, Arthur Stephen K. Lloyd, Cyril N. Harrington, Clifford McConnell, James Gordon Hill, Robert Peveral McClordick, Lawrence Homer, Louis James McCuien, Grenville Carson Hopkins, Michael Allan McMillan, Willis George Hunt, J. Ross McPherson D.S.O., William Yrides Hunter, Auned Yuil Mathews, Franklin Mager Keffer, Enoch Andrew Mitchell, James Shirley Heathcote, John James Moore, Ronald Charles Spence, Fred Nesbitt, Arthur George Slarkings, Joseph Lees Nicholls, George Swift, Angus Nicholson, Robert Sifton Turriff, George Irving Paterson, Wellesley Wesley-Long, Arthur Edward Parlett, Edward West, Elwyn Robert Reid, Frank West, Thomas Ritchie, Walter Ray Whittingham, Robert Rensay, Paul P Wiklun, Roy E. Shuttleworth M.M., Geoffrey Wilson, Hugh A. Silcox and Wilfrid Grant Wilson

Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 801 of 1058.

Memorial – Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Memorial – Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Memorial – Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Inscription – His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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)