Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
M1968X.364.1 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Title |
Photograph, John McCrae's Funeral, Wimereux Cemetery, 1918 |
Date |
29 January 1918 |
Year Range from |
1918 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of John McCrae's funeral at Wimereux Cemetery on 29 January 1918. In the foreground is grass and grave plots. The peaks of distant churches are visible in the background. There are officers and troops assembled around McCrae's grave, saluting. A handwritten inscription in pencil on the back of the photograph reads "Massed military mouners at John McCrae's funeral, 1918". |
Notes |
Historic Context McCrae died at 1:30 am on the morning of 28 January 1918 of pneumonia in both lungs and meningitis. Arrangements were made to hold the funeral on 29 January 1918 at Wimereux Communal Cemetery. The funeral procession left No. 14 Hospital and made its way along main street of Wimereux across the river and up the hill to the cemetery. The coffin was draped with Union Jack as opposed to Canadian Red Ensign because John had died in a British hospital. Behind, John's coffin was his groom Private William Dodge who led Bonfire with John's boots reversed in the stirrups. Graves, pg 246-247. |
People |
McCrae, John |
Search Terms |
McCrae - Funeral McCrae - Wimereux Cemetery |
Subjects |
CEMETERIES COSTUME - MILITARY SPECIAL EVENTS - FUNERALS |
Collection |
Photographs |