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Grenadier Beauchamp

In memory of:

Private Grenadier Beauchamp

March 17, 1918
La Tuque, Quebec

Military Service


Service Number:

3557

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Additional Information


Born:

November 24, 1898
St-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 30, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Amie and Helmina Beauchamp (née Mathieu) of Montreal, Quebec.

Baptized as Joseph Hermilde Grenadier Beauchamp.

Private Beauchamp was hospitalized in England in October 1917 due to pleurisy, then he was repatriated to Canada in November and treated during the final months of his life at the Sanatorium du Lac Édouard in Mauricie.

Commemorated on Page 365 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Soliders Section

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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