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Merryflats War Hospital, Govan, Glasgow
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Merryflats War Hospital, Govan, Glasgow
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Eugene Valentine Bourque
It was just about 100 years ago when Canadian Eugene Bourque Sr. was discharged from the military. His legacy includes some of the bloodiest battles of World War I, including the Somme and Passchendaele. It also includes a grandson, David Eugene Bourque of Altamont, who has kept the soldiers experiences alive, thanks to a collection of war mementos.Eugene Bourque was born in Moncton in the province of New Brunswick in 1887. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 16th of March 1916 in Montreal. His two older brothers Edgar and Louis also enlisted. He trained in England and was sent to France that October. Over the next two years he was involved in 11 major battles. Amazingly, all three brothers returned. They left the war, but the war didn't leave them. My Grandfather was shelled at Vimy Ridge and many years later he would occasionally use tweezers to pull out pieces of shrapnel from his arms.
After the war he returned to Canada and married Lola Barnhardt of Ontario. They had a son, Alan, born in Montreal, then moved to Albany and had their second son, Eugene V. Bourque Jr., Dave's father, the first of their family born in America. (Allan joined the U.S. Army and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.) Eugene Sr. died on May 12, 1966.
He passed away when I was nine so the few personal memories that I have of my grandfather are fading. I cannot recall him ever mentioning the war. The only thing that comes to mind is him responding to me at a meal when I asked how he liked it. He replied he couldn't really taste it because he had lost his sense of smell and taste during the war. Losing the sense of smell was likely from mustard gas exposure. As a boy, I would ask to see his grandfather's war medals but now don't recall that he explained what they stood for. When he passed there was no inheritance, as my grandmother was still alive. But there was one envelope with my name on it. Inside were the medals. Being only nine at the time I did not understand the significance. I certainly do now and I am proud to be able to share his story.
Here are the battles Eugene Bourque Sr. was involved in: The Battle of the Somme in November 1916 and Vimy Ridge April, 1917. During his 2nd engagement at Vimy Ridge he was wounded by cannon fire. He was hospitalized at Govan Merryflats Hospital near Glasgow, Scotland. After recovery he was transferred to Hastings, England. During the late summer of 1917 he volunteered to return to active duty. He was at Hill 70 in August 1917, Passchendaele September to October 1917 and back on the The Somme in March 1918 during the German advance. He was at Amiens and Arras in August 1918, Drocourt - Queant in September 1918, Canal de Nord September to October 1918 and Cambrai in October 1918.
Dave Bourque
Pte. Robert Douglas Saad Honourable Artillery Company (d.14th Feb 1917)
Robert Saad embarked Southampton on 1st of October 1916 and disembarked Le Havre the following day and proceeded to the Front on the 4th. He was admitted to 22nd Field Amblance on in December suffering from diarrhoea and was transferred to No.3 Casualty Clearing Station on the 24th, then to No. 26 General Hospital at Etaples on 1st of January 1917, transferred to England aboard the Carisbrook Castle on the 20th. A record report from Merryflats War Hospital states, admitted 22nd of January 1917 with diarrhoea and tonsillitis, diarrhoea almost gone on admission to hospital, was to have tonsils removed under an anesthetic but died suddenly during administration of anesthetic. Death was due to cardiac syncope.I am researching men of The Honourable Artillery Company.
Alison Cook
Pte. Frank Sayer 70th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Frank Sayer was assigned to 70th Field Ambulance on 17th of May 1917. On 6th of June 1917 he and Private Prestcott were wounded whilst en-route from Lanbouver Farm to Advanced Dressing Station Bund, near Zillebeke, Ypres. Frank sustained a severe gunshot wound to the leg and on 14th of June 1917 he was sent to the No.6 British Red Cross Hospital in Etaples. He was evacuated back to England on 15th of June 1917, arriving at Merry Flats War Hospital in Scotland. He was discharged on 3rd of February 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory MedalMartin Sole
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