Private, 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Age 28.
Fell in battle near Lens.
Son of S. R. and Alice Maxwell McVey, of Charleston, Illinois, U S A.
The Charleston memorial also excludes Paul McVey, the first WWI casualty from Coles County. Pvt. Paul Rutherford McVey was employed as a blacksmith in Charleston, but enlisted in November 1916 via Canada. He was killed in action on 26 August 1917, and his remains are buried on French soil in a French national cemetery. His obituary reads, “The death of Paul McVey brings to the people of this community a closer realization of what our entrance into the great struggle may mean to a number of our people.
Fell in battle near Lens.
Son of S. R. and Alice Maxwell McVey, of Charleston, Illinois, U S A.
The Charleston memorial also excludes Paul McVey, the first WWI casualty from Coles County. Pvt. Paul Rutherford McVey was employed as a blacksmith in Charleston, but enlisted in November 1916 via Canada. He was killed in action on 26 August 1917, and his remains are buried on French soil in a French national cemetery. His obituary reads, “The death of Paul McVey brings to the people of this community a closer realization of what our entrance into the great struggle may mean to a number of our people.
Private, 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Age 28.
Fell in battle near Lens.
Son of S. R. and Alice Maxwell McVey, of Charleston, Illinois, U S A.
The Charleston memorial also excludes Paul McVey, the first WWI casualty from Coles County. Pvt. Paul Rutherford McVey was employed as a blacksmith in Charleston, but enlisted in November 1916 via Canada. He was killed in action on 26 August 1917, and his remains are buried on French soil in a French national cemetery. His obituary reads, “The death of Paul McVey brings to the people of this community a closer realization of what our entrance into the great struggle may mean to a number of our people.
Fell in battle near Lens.
Son of S. R. and Alice Maxwell McVey, of Charleston, Illinois, U S A.
The Charleston memorial also excludes Paul McVey, the first WWI casualty from Coles County. Pvt. Paul Rutherford McVey was employed as a blacksmith in Charleston, but enlisted in November 1916 via Canada. He was killed in action on 26 August 1917, and his remains are buried on French soil in a French national cemetery. His obituary reads, “The death of Paul McVey brings to the people of this community a closer realization of what our entrance into the great struggle may mean to a number of our people.
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