The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Major Heber Meredith Logan

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - H.M. Logan

Capt. H.M. Logan, Valcartier Camp, 1920

Capt. & Brevet Major H.M. Logan (1933)

Service:

• Prior service: Canadian Militia, Aug 1911
• Regimental Service, The R.C.R.: 1913 - still serving in 1935
• Lieut., The R.C.R., 15 Aug 1913
• First World War - Wounded. Despatches. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 JANUARY, 1916; The Royal Canadian Regiment - Lieut. H. M. Logan to be a temporary Captain:- Dated 2nd November, 1915.
• Wounded, 3 Jun 1916
• Invalided, 15 Jun 1916
• Acting Major, 9 Oct 1916
• Mention in Despatches, 13 Nov 1916
• Wounded in action at duty, 8 Feb 1917
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 JANUARY, 1918; Nova Scotia Regt. - Temp. Captain H. M. Logan relinquishes the actg. rank of Maj. 16 Nov. 1917.
• Wounded in action 15 Nov 1917
• D.M.I.O. and I. of C.S., M.D. 6, 1922.
• D.A.A. & Q.M.G., M.D. 6, 1930.
• D.M.I.O., M.D. 6, 1930.
• Staff Adj. R.M.C., 1932.
• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935), awarded on 6 May 1936.
• King George VI Coronation Medal (1937).
• Serving at London, Ontario; appointment identified as at 15 Nov 1937
• Major H.M. Logan took over command of Halifax Station, The R.C.R., from Captain G.L. Foster, 16 Sep 1938.

Listed in The Canadian Who's Who, 1936-1937:

LOGAN, Maj. Heber Meredith; Canadian military service; b Kentville, N.S., 29 Api 1891; s Rev. A. Pemberton and Fana, Elizabeth, L.; e Halifax Acad.; Dalhousie Univ.; Roy. Mil. Coll., Kingston, Ont. (ops. long course) ; m Olive Stockdale d C. b. Tucker, Somerset, Bermuda, 18 Mar. 1918, children Dorothy, Ian, Monica. STAFF ADJUTANT, ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, OF CANADA, since 1932; lieut, Roy. Candn. Regt., 1913 and served with that unit throughout World War; has held various staff appointments, including D.A.A. and Q.M.G., at Halifax, N.S.; mem., N.S. Hist. Soc.; holds 1914-15 Star; general service and victory medals; awarded King's Jubilee Medal, 1935; has written many articles on hist. subjects for the Journal of the Roy. Un. Service Inst; The Army Quarterly, and The Nat. Review; Anglican; recreations reading, tennis, badminton; Address Kingston, Ont.

Date of Birth 29 Apr 1891

Date of Death 15 Nov 1944 (CVWM)

In memory of Lieutenant Colonel HEBER MEREDITH LOGAN who died on November 15, 1944. Age: 53. Unit: Royal Canadian Regiment.

Cemetery: HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia, Canada. Grave Reference: Panel 16. Location: The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea.