Captain Clement G. Mead MC
"A" Company, 49th Battalion (E.R.)
Jim Mead settled in the Grande Prairie district after serving in the Boer War and was among the area’s early pioneers. In 1915, he organized a group of local recruits known as the Bannock Boys for overseas service. Transferred to the 49th Battalion (E.R.) in France in 1916, he was wounded twice: on the Somme and again during a German bombing raid at Wieltje in October 1917. Earlier that year, he led his company in a raid at Avion and secured the final objective. He was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. In January 1918, Mead was returning alone from a night patrol and failed to respond to a sentry’s challenge. Mistaken for an enemy soldier, a grenade was thrown towards him, and as Mead rushed into the trench for cover, he was shot and killed by the sentry. He was buried in Fossé 10 Cemetery, France.