British Army Veterinary Corps
Bruce Metcalfe MCMAHON
Captain
Died 3 May 1919 · Aged 35*
Age discrepancy: Age 35 is used here from CWGC. The inherited memorial birth date, 20 July 1884, implies 34 at death on 3 May 1919. We have not been able to confirm the exact age.
His story
Captain Bruce Metcalfe McMahon came from Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, and graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College in 1915. Earlier research gives his birth date as 20 July 1884, which conflicts with the age of 35 in the CWGC cemetery register.
Bruce McMahon’s enlistment papers indicate that he had been working for the British Remount Commission at the time of his enlistment. McMahon was commissioned as a temporary lieutenant on 22 February 1916.
For most of his war service, Captain McMahon served in France, but after the Armistice, he was transferred to Germany.
Captain McMahon died on 3rd May 1919 from Broncho Pneumonia. He is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery in Germany.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Date of Birth
- 20 July 1884 (earlier research; conflicts with recorded age)
- Place of Birth
- Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Chicago Veterinary College - 1915
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- First Theatre of War
- France March 1916
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- No
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- No
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 3 May 1919
- Age at Death
- 35*
- Place of Death
- Cologne, Germany
- Cause of Death
- Broncho-Pneumonia
- Cemetery
- Cologne Southern Cemetery
- Location
- Cologne, Germany
- Grave Reference
- I.F.21
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Connected men
- Henry Oswald OLIVERAlso buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- London Gazette, 6 March 1916: temporary lieutenant appointment
- CWGC original cemetery register: Bruce Metcalfe McMahon, age 35
- CWGC original headstone inscription schedule
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Bruce Metcalfe Mcmahon”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/bruce_metcalf_mcmahon/.
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