Canadian soldier’s grave from First World War identified in cemetery in France
The grave of Canadian soldier Sgt. Norman McLennan from the First World War has been identified in France. The headstone at Courcelette British Cemetery will be rededicated in his honor. McLennan served with the Royal Canadian Regiment and was last seen during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
- ▪The Department of National Defence confirmed the identity of the grave belonging to Sgt. Norman McLennan.
- ▪The headstone will be rededicated in a ceremony at Courcelette British Cemetery.
- ▪McLennan enlisted in 1905 and served in the Battle of the Somme before going missing in 1916.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe Department of National Defence says it has confirmed that a previously unidentified grave in France for a Canadian First World War soldier belongs to Sgt. Norman McLennan.The headstone at the Courcelette British Cemetery in northern France, which says only that the plot was for a sergeant of the “Great War Royal” Canadian regiment, will now be rededicated to McLennan in a ceremony.McLennan enlisted with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Quebec in 1905 but conflicting data on his exact date of birth suggests he may have been underage at the time.He was deployed to Bermuda at the beginning of the war but his unit was dispatched to the Western Front in France in late 1915, where it served for nearly a year.His…
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