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Military service
Service number:
186320
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
July 16, 1881
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 10, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William Alexander McBean
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of William Alexander McBean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Creston War Memorial
War Memorial, Creston & District, British Columbia. Also included are names from men from nearby Erickson and Wynndel. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 11th, 1922. There are 26 names inscribed on the granite memorial representing those local men who died during World War One. A stone panel was added at a later date to include 29 names of those who died during World War Two. Located at 137 11th Avenue North, in front of the local Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 29). In honoured memory. -
Inscription
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Creston War Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander McBean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 278 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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