Private Harold William McDiarmid

1895 - 1917  (22 years)

• Name	Harold William McDiarmid
  Prefix	Private
  Birth	30 Jan 1895	Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30720511
  _FGRAVE	30720511
  Death	14 Apr 1917	Vimy Memorial, Vimy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Military Service- Rank: Private Service Number: 414605 Age: 22 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Machine Gun Corps Division: 6th Company An engineer by trade, he enlisted in the CEF on 30 May 1915 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of William and Mary McDiarmid of Carleton Place. Ontario, Canada. Brother of Private Victor McDiarmid who was killed in action on 9 April 1917 and brother of Private Eugene Arthur McDiarmid who died of tuberculosis on 20 Jan 1919, and brother of Edward, Frank, Leo James, Jane, Evangeline, Nathalie and Frances. Private Harold William McDiarmid is commemorated on Page 280 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance; the name of his brother, Private Victor Lionel McDiarmid, appears on the same page, right below Harold's name. Private McDiarmid is also commemorated on a special memorial headstone in the McDiarmid family plot in the Carleton Place United Cemetery. The Town of Carleton Place remembers and honours the sacrifice of the McDiarmid brothers by having a street named in their memory.
  Burial	Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Department du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Address: Etaples Military Cemetery Etaples, Department du Pas-de-Calais,, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France
  	Inscription Canadian Machine Gun Corps HAROLD WILLIAM DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE APR. 1917. BURIED IN ETAPLES MIL. CEMETERY FRANCE AGED 22 YRS.
  Person ID	I38647	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	William McDiarmid,   b. 14 Jan 1842, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West d. 10 Nov 1919, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Josephine Lavallee,   b. 19 Jul 1860, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West d. 23 Jul 1935, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1883
  Family ID	F13648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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