Pte. Matvei "Mike" BETSKO
1898 - 06 Nov 1917, K.I.A.-
Name Matvei "Mike" BETSKO Title Pte. Birth 15 Jul 1898 Russia Gender Male Death 06 Nov 1917, K.I.A. France Person ID I00001 Pte. Matvei 'Mike' BETSKO Last Modified 2 Jun 2012
Father Julian BETSKO Family ID F00001 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - BETSKO, Matvei (Mike): regimental number 868172, enlisted into the 182nd (Ontario County) Battalion, April 11, 1916, he was single, born in Russia in 1898, and working in Longford Mills as a labourer. For next of kin, he lists his father Julian in Russia, address unknown. Private Betsko, was transferred to the 2nd Battalion-Mounted Rifles, Canadian Infantry, (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 3rd. Division. He was killed in action, November 6, 1917, at the age of 19, in the Battle of Passchendaele. His name appears on panel 10-26-28, in the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium. Carved in stone above the central arch of this Memorial are the words: TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. -- over the two staircases leading from the main hall is the inscription: HERE ARE RECORED NAMES OF OFFICIERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH
- BETSKO, Matvei (Mike): regimental number 868172, enlisted into the 182nd (Ontario County) Battalion, April 11, 1916, he was single, born in Russia in 1898, and working in Longford Mills as a labourer. For next of kin, he lists his father Julian in Russia, address unknown. Private Betsko, was transferred to the 2nd Battalion-Mounted Rifles, Canadian Infantry, (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 3rd. Division. He was killed in action, November 6, 1917, at the age of 19, in the Battle of Passchendaele. His name appears on panel 10-26-28, in the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium. Carved in stone above the central arch of this Memorial are the words: TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. -- over the two staircases leading from the main hall is the inscription: HERE ARE RECORED NAMES OF OFFICIERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH