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Alexander McFeat

In memory of:

Private Alexander McFeat

December 22, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

460578

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Citation(s):

Military Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

September 29, 1892
Edinburgh, Scotland

Enlistment:

June 5, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of John and Ann McFeat, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 125 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. A. 8.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Honour– Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Pte. Alexander McFeat enlisted in June 1915 with the 61st Battalion C.E.F.  McFeat was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.  In honoured memory.

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