Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William John McKen
In memory of:
Lance Corporal William John McKen
June 23, 1917
Military Service
908040
23
Army
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
5th Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
October 27, 1893
White Sand, Saskatchewan
May 5, 1916
Regina, Saskatchewan
Son of Robert and Ellen (nee Dugan) McKen, of Orcadia, Saskatchewan. Brother of Private Robert McKen, 5th Battalion, killed in action 10 November 1917.
Commemorated on Page 284 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BEEHIVE CEMETERY (WILLERVAL)
Pas de Calais, France
B. 17.
Willerval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 10 kilometres north-east of Arras. Beehive Cemetery is one kilometre north of the village and 600 metres by the footpath from the west side of the D50E road to Mericourt in a place called Lorgette. The cemetery owes its name to a German machine gun emplacement known to the British troops as The Beehive. The cemetery covers an area of 431 square yards. It is enclosed by a concrete curb and a thorn hedge and planted with maples. It stands among cornfields, on the crest of a low ridge, with considerable views of the Vimy battlefield.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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