In Memory Of

MACLEAR, BASIL GEORGE HOPELINEN

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1885-10-11
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 4th Bn.
Regiment:
 Grenadier Guards
Date of Death:
 1916-07-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. Z. 19.
Cemetery:
 ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 May 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry and ability. When ordered to establish communication with another battalion, he did so over 250 yards of ground in the face of very heavy shell fire, establishing bombing posts as he proceeded."
Son of the late Rev. Canon G. F. Maclear, D.D. (Warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, Kent). Left his farm in Cape Province, South Africa (where he had been since 1904), Aug., 1915 to serve. See http://www.hambo.org/kingscanterbury/view_man.php?id=195