Lieutenant William M. Carthew

William Morden Carthew sought out adventure. In 1915, he left his practice of surveying Alberta's mountain ranges for a commission in the 49th Battalion (E.R.). He served with the unit in Flanders and was killed by shellfire whilst battalion was moving across to launch a counter-attack. He was the first officer of the 49th Battalion (E.R.) to be Killed in Action during the Great War. The following year, a mountain in the Akamina Pass was named in his honour His remains were recovered after the war and reinterred at La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2, Flanders.