Alexis Hannum Helmer

Lieutenant

Service No. Unknown

Age 22

Died on 2 May 1915

Canadian Field Artillery

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of Elizabeth I. Helmer, of 122, Gilmour St., Ottawa, and the late Brig. Gen. R. A. Helmer.

Commemorations

Stories

Douglas Helmer

You shall be remembered.

Judith Pierpoint

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

Ruth Moore

Remembering Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, inspiration for Major John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields".

Legion Supporter

you were a great friend to john mc rae he wrote a poem for you

Douglas Helmer

I have always been profoundly moved by the poem "In Flanders Fields" by Lt. Col. John McCrae. That poem was dedicated to Alexis.

We are proud to commemorate you today. You will never be forgotten as the poem written in your memory lives on.

Judith Pierpoint