Person Record

Metadata

Name

McFaul, Wesley Clarence

Othernames

Lieutenant Wesley Clarence McFaul, usually known as "Clarence"

Born

March 27,1891

Birthplace

Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario

Places of residence

922 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound, Ontario

Titles & honors

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Father

Alexander Wesley McFaul (b. 1859-d. 1949

Mother

Annie Lavina McFaul (née Roadhouse) d.

Nationality

Canadian

Education

Dufferin School, Owen Sound

Notes

According to the Virtual Canadian War Memorial, Wesley Clarence McFaul died on November 10, 1918 (one day before the war ended). He was age 27 and was with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment 19th Btn.). The 19th (Central Ontario) Battalion of the C.E.F. was based in Toronto. He is buried at Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, in Belgium. His parents were Alexander Wesley McFaul and his wife Annie Lavina (Levina) McFaul (née Roadhouse), of 922 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound. Unfortunately, his mother, Annie, had died in 1914, so Wesley's next-of-kin was his father, Alexander Wesley McFaul. The McFauls operated the McFaul Grocery store in Owen Sound (it was later sold in 1934).

Clarence's brothers were William Lawrence McFaul and Robert Cecil McFaul. They too served overseas, and fortunately survived. In the post-war period, Cecil kept three matching framed uniformed portraits on display in his office, so that the brothers were side-by-side. The family also kept correspondence from the First World War, and photographs of Belgian civilians who were photographed by Lt. McFaul's grave.

It was very hard for the McFaul family when the Armistice occurred on November 11, 1918. Other Owen Sounders were jubilant and celebrating the end of the war, making lots of noise. The McFauls had just learned that Clarence was not coming home.

The bronze Memorial Plaque for Wesley Clarence McFaul arrived in Owen Sound in 1921. It now is at Grey Roots Museum & Archives. His British War Medal (issued in 1919) also was sent to A. W. McFaul.

Clarence's sister Evie McFaul was in Ontario and went into a drugstore, where she met a fellow named Charlie Mitchell. When Charlie learned her surname, and found out she was from Owen Sound, he told her that he had known Clarence during the war. Evie and Charlie were married in 19__, and they named their son Clarence Mitchell, in honour of the uncle he would never meet.

Occupation

First World War Officer / casualty
Central Ontario Regiment 19th Battalion

Publications

Auer, George Scott, SOLDIERS OF THE SOIL: GREY COUNTY GOES TO WAR (listing at the back includes the 3 McFaul brothers).

Relationships

Brother: William Lawrence McFaul (usually known as Lawrence)
Brother: Robert Cecil McFaul (usually known as Cecil)
Sister: Lillian McFaul
Sister: Charlotte E. McFaul (Evie?)
Sister: Viola McFaul