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De Wolf, J.H. Our Heroes in The Great World War. Ottawa: The Patriotic Publishing Co., 1919.
De Wolf, J.H. Our Heroes in The Great World War. Ottawa: The Patriotic Publishing Co., 1919.
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
CWM 19920166-1467
CWM 19920166-1467

Private

Shearman, Harold Leigh

Unit

15th Canadian Infantry Battalion

Branch

Infantry

Service Component

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Service Number

27825

birth

1889/02/13

Maxville, Glengarry County, Ontario

death

1915/04/29

Belgium

grave

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

Gender

Male

Harold Leigh Shearman was born in Maxwell, Ontario, on 13 February 1889. He was the son of William and Hannah Shearman. His father was a cabinetmaker.

A clerk, Shearman enlisted in the 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, on 20 September 1914. He sailed to England as part of the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 October 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain for four months, the Contingent was shipped to France in February 1915.

Shearman died at Saint Julien, Belgium, on 29 April 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres. His body was lost.

Harold Leigh Shearman is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, in Ypres, Belgium.

The Canadian War Museum’s Collection includes the following artifacts for this recipient