Robert William McMeans

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

3107555

Unit at enlistment:

1st Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Conscripted

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

261 Clarence Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

261 Clarence Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Miscellaneous

BX January 25, 1951

Robert William McMeans

Robert McMeans, husband of Virginia Williams, 107 West Street, died Wednesday in the Brantford General Hospital. Born in Brantford, Mr. McMeans had been employed with the Kennedy Coal Company for many years. He was a member of Zion United Church and during the First World War he served overseas. He was the eldest son of William and Martha McMeans. Surviving besides his widow are one son, John, and one daughter, Ruth, both at home; one sister, Mrs. William (May) Smith, Brantford. Mr. McMeans is resting at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home, where the service will be conducted Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX January 29, 1951

Robert William McMeans

The funeral service for Robert McMeans was conducted Saturday afternoon at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home, with Dr. H.W. Vaughan, of Zion United Church officiating. Many relatives and friends attended the service and the profusion of flowers evinced the esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearer’s were J. Lune, J. Turner, W. Thompson, A. Mattice, L. Sutton and J. Turner Jr., E.R. Edwards was in charge of the Legionnaires. Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope cemetery.