Canadian – WWI – Victory Medal – 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles – KIA – McQueen

Victory Medal named to: 216307 Pte. R. F. McQueen. 1-C.M.R.

Richard Fleming McQueen was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He was living in Winnipeg, Manitoba and serving in the 100^th Winnipeg Grenadiers (Canadian Militia) when he joined the 100^th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) CEF in January 1916. Transferred to the 1^st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, he served with that unit on the Western Front from December 1916. Initially listed as  wounded and missing, McQueen was later reported killed in action 2 November 1917 in the trenches north of Passchendaele. Having no known grave, McQueen is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.