Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Eugène Lamoureux
In memory of:
Lance Sergeant Eugène Lamoureux
May 5, 1917
Lozinghem, France
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
October 20, 1876
Vaudreuil, Quebec
May 15, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Son of Joseph-Irénée Lamoureux and Rose-de-Lima Charbonneau and husband of Maria Robin-dit-Lapointe; all of Montréal, Québec. He had declared his birth on the 21st at the time of his enrolment and was the father of five children at the 1911 census. His wife remarried in 1920 to George Dubois of St Catharines, Ontario.
Seriously wounded in the arm and neck on April 27th, 1917, near the village of Vimy, he was evacuated to Casualty Clearing Station No. 23 at Lozinghem and died of his wounds there a week later.
Grandfather of Flight Cadet Joseph George Richard Lamoureux who died on November 3, 1954, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Commemorated on Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
IV. C. 4.
Lapugnoy is a village and commune in Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres west of Bethune. From the centre of Lapugnoy, head south-west on the D70 in the direction of Marles-les-Mines. On the outskirts of the centre there is a crucifix at the side of the main road, turn right here towards Allouagne. After approximately 500 metres there is a track on the left hand side (the Cemetery is signposted here) and the LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY can be found on the left hand side, approximately 500 metres, along this track.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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