Original Grave Marker

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Royal Montreal Regiment Museum

Name/Title

Original Grave Marker

Entry/Object ID

2018x.33.01

Scope and Content

A card issued by the Ministry of Overseas Military Forces of Canada containing handwritten date of death and place of burial, as well as a photo of the original wood grave marker for Lieutenant Archibald Liddell McLean, of the 14th Battalion. A second photo shows Lieutenant McLean’s grave marker in a row of seven markers.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

McLean, Archibald Liddell

Related Events

Event

World War I

Research Notes

Notes

The Ministry of Overseas Military Forces of Canada, established in October 1916, controlled the organization, supply, and maintenance of all Canadian forces overseas, including the Canadian Corps and the overall Canadian Expeditionary Forces. The new Ministry, created to replace an ineffective maze of overlapping authorities and organizations that had hampered military administration in the first two years of war, was a cabinet post headed first by Sir George Perley (from 31 October 1916 to 11 October 1917), and then by Sir Edward Kemp until the Ministry’s dissolution in July 1920.