Name/Title
1916 - Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Bernard Nolan Harvey 177689 - Battle of The Somme "Killed in Action" on 21st October 1916 - WW1 Memorial (Mother's) CrossDescription
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1916 - Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Bernard Nolan Harvey 177689 - "Killed in Action"
Lance Corporal Bernard Nolan Harvey was born on 19th November 1882 in Saint Helen’s, Lancashire, though his mother later lived at the Manor House in Whitwell, Yorkshire. Having been educated at Shrewsbury School between 1899 and 1902, he then emigrated to North Bay, Ontario, and was working as a clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company when he attested for service with the Canadian Grenadier Guards at North Bay on 18th November 1915, joining as a Private with our the 87th Battalion CEF.
L/Cpl Harvey was promoted on 31st May, 1916, and then saw service out on the Western Front as a member of No.4 Company, with whom he was serving when he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme in the famous attack on Regina Trench on 21st October 1916. On this date the 4th Canadian Division briefly captured the Regina Trench. During the war, it took a total of two months of attacks by forces before the trench was taken over on 11th November 1916.
L/Cpl Harvey is buried with 34 other Canadian Grenadier Guards at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont (Somme), France.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
January 2, 2022Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
May 31, 2025
