Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Hormidas Berthiaume
In memory of:
Private Hormidas Berthiaume
January 23, 1919
London, United Kingdom
Military Service
61541
28
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
December 3, 1890
St-Eugène-de-Grantham, Drummond, Quebec
October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec
Son of Louis Berthiaume and Lucie Deslandes, of St-Eugène-de-Grantham, Québec. He stated being born in 1891 when he enlisted.
Hormidas Berthiaume was one of the original members of the 22nd Battalion and he had been part of many battles. Severely wounded on 14 August 1918 at the Battle of Amiens, he was evacuated to England and hospitalized during more than four months. On 15 January 1919, he was released form hospital on medical leave for ten days, but less than a week later, maybe due to the Spanish flu, he suffered a pneumonia and hospitalized at Endell Street Military Hospital, in London. Two days later, he died of acute appendicitis.
Commemorated on Page 530 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
III. K. 8.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave marker – Grave marker -
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Biography – Family of Hormidas Berthiaume. Taken before his departure. -
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Photo of Hormidas Berthiaume -
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Attestation Papers – Source: Library and Archives Canada -
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Attestation Papers (Reverse) -
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Imperial War Museum – This painting of Imperial War Museum depicts an abdominal surgery at Endell Street Military Hospital. -
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Grave Marker
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