The grave of a beforehand unknown First World Warfare soldier has been recognized, the Division of Nationwide Defence stated Monday.
Sgt.-Maj. Alexander McVean served with the Canadian Expeditionary Pressure in France
The grave of a beforehand unknown First World Warfare soldier has been recognized, the Division of Nationwide Defence stated Monday.
A grave within the Courcelette British Cemetery in Courcelette, France belongs to Sgt.-Maj. Alexander McVean, a defence division press launch stated. Historic and archival analysis relationship again to 2019 concluded that the grave may solely belong to McVean, the discharge stated.
McVean was born in Scotland in 1889 and served within the British Military Reserve earlier than emigrating to Canada in 1911. In 1915, he enlisted with the seventy fifth Infantry Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Pressure.
McVean’s battalion noticed motion within the Battle of the Ancre, which concluded the bigger five-month Battle of the Somme. Greater than 100 males from the seventy fifth Battalion died — 71 of them don’t have any recognized graves. McVean was reported wounded and died on the age of 27.
McVean’s household has been notified, the press launch stated. The gravestone will likely be rededicated and marked with McVean’s identify.
