Lieutenant Harry Crane MacKendrick

1895 - 1966  (70 years)

• Name	Harry Crane MacKendrick
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Born	30 Aug 1895	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christened	23 Sep 1897	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	military, life story
  Military	WW1
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Military	1914	WW1
  	WW1, Lieutenant
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, Lieutenant, 111th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, Lieutenant, 111th Overseas Battalion
  Name	H. F. MacKendrick
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-60876P
  Died	12 May 1966	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I60876	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Dr. Henry Frederick "Harry" MacKendrick,   b. 31 May 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Apr 1950  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Janet Wishart Carter,   b. 12 Sep 1866, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 1915, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1893	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F15930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Stephanie Warnock,   b. 23 Jul 1893, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F35311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Harry Crane MacKendrick callum mackendrick originally shared this on 20 Jun 2014 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Harry C. MacKendrick was born in Galt, the son of Dr. Harry F. MacKendrick and Jennie Carter. He began his military career in 1910 as a Drummer Boy in the Band of the 29th Waterloo Battalion, Canadian Militia. His father was the regimental surgeon of the battalion. Col. MacKendrick studied forestry at the University of Toronto and enlisted as a Lieutenant with the 111th Battalion during the First World War. When in France the 111th battalion was broken up and he served with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 8th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, taking part in battles at Vimy Ridge, Lens and the Loos area. On September 5, 1917 he was seriously wounded in a gas attack and was saved from death by his father Dr. H.F. MacKendrick who, at the age of fifty one, was serving as an abdominal surgeon with the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Col. MacKendrick returned to Canada and slowly recovered his health. In 1925 he joined the Queen's Own Rifles in Toronto and was soon appointed Adjutant of one of the Battalions. He rose to become Regimental Adjutant and was the commander of the Queen's Own Rifles when the regiment mobilized at the beginning of World War II. He had been stationed on the west coast when the First and Second Divisions were raised so it was with the Third Division that he went overseas in June 1940. Col. MacKendrick returned to Canada in 1942 to serve in the Directorate of Military Training at the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. In January 1944, he took command of the Canadian Infantry Training Centre in Aldershot, Nova Scotia and was promoted to Colonel. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1944. In March 1962 he was appointed Honourary Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, a position he held until his death in Toronto on May 12, 1966. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge ___________ Miss Gibbard to Wed Toronto Executive Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss M. Helen Gibbard, of Niagara Falls Memorial hospital, and Mr. Henry C. MacKendrick, Toronto, Ont. Miss Gibbard has been director of nurses at Memorial hospital for the last ten years. Prior to coming to Memorial hospital, Miss Gibbard was on the staff at Samaritan hospital, Troy. Mr. MacKendrick is executive secretary of the Canadian Importers and Traders' association, Toronto, Ont. He served overseas in World 1 in the Canadian army. In World War 2 he was colonel of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, which regiment he took overseas in 1941. He served in England, and later returned to Can ada to be staff member in Ottawa. At the latter part of the war Mr. MacKendrick was commanding officer of the training center at Aldershot. 1952

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-4 Page 2. [S512] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - Central Presbyterian. Harry Crane McKendrick Born 30 Aug 1895 Galt Parents Harry McKendrick & Jennie Carter baptized 23 Sep 1897 Occupation: Dr. of Medicine [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 16 Page 21. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 012471 (1893). Name:Harry F Mackendrick Age:28 Birth Year:abt 1865 Birth Place:Galt Marriage Date:8 Nov 1893 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:James Mackendrick Mother:Clara McKendrick Spouse:Jennie W Carter Name:Jennie W Carter Age:28 Birth Year:abt 1865 Birth Place:Guelph Marriage Date:8 Nov 1893 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:John Carter Mother:Margaret Carter Spouse:Harry F Mackendrick

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Aug 1895 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 23 Sep 1897 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 May 1966 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth