Private George Alexandre Jeannotte

Digital gallery of Private George Alexandre Jeannotte

• George Alexander Jeannotte Menin Gate Close
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  Memorial

  Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens Close
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  Circumstances of death registers

  The "Circumstance of Death" for Private Jeannotte reports that he was "previously reported missing, believed killed, now for official purposes presumed to have died". The document generically refers to this as the "Attack at Passchendaele", which was the ongoing major battle at that time. Private Jeannotte was working on the construction team when he was killed by the enemy artillery, not in the front line trenches. Close
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  Circumstances of death registers

  The remains of Private Jeannotte were not "knowingly" recovered at the time of his death, thus his name was recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial for the missing. A report has now been prepared for submission to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to have his name removed from the memorial and the headstone replaced at Track "X" Cemetery (grave A.4). Close
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  Grave marker

  A photograph the graves in Row A at the Track "X" Cemetery has been marked to show the names of those killed and buried. The grave marked "Unknown Canadian" is the grave of Private Jeannotte of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Close
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  Graves registration form

  Graves Registration Report 1832748 shows an Unknown 16th Battalion soldier killed on 4 November 1917, along with four (4) known men of the same unit. There were only four (4) men of the battalion killed that day, thus the fourth man was Private George Alexander Jeannotte (graves 3, 4, 5, 6). A fifth man, Private Omey Ferguson #754291, of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, was also killed that day (grave 2), working on the same project. Close
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  Wartime diary

  The war diary of the 16th Infantry Battalion records the death of the three (3) men of the 16th Battalion killed on 6 November 1917 (not the 4th as on the GRRF), while serving on a "working party". There was another man missing in action, that being Private Jeannotte. They were working east of Wieltje, Belgium (trench map sector 28.C.28.b) on the road to Passchendaele when they were killed near Spree Farm (trench map sector 28.C.18.d). Close
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  Wartime diary

  The war diary of the 124th Pioneer Battalion, with whom the 16th Battalion was working on the road, records the shelling that occured, leading to many casualties. One of those was Private Ferguson (124th Bn - grave 2), buried close to Private Jannotte (16th Bn - grave 4). Close
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  Map

  An extract of the trench map from the McMaster University collection has been marked to show the location where the men were working on the Plank Road (trench map coordinates 28.D.14.b.25.85) on the road between Spree Farm and Gravenstafel. The villages of Wieltje, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele are marked for reference. Close