Lost Soldiers

Lest we forget...

Through newspaper requests, Rev. Elliott's committee planned to record, in the first section of the Book of Remembrance, all local citizens who served overseas. While they collected 376 names, many, for numerous reasons, were missed. This page is an ongoing project to find as many of those 'lost' soldiers as pssible. Also included are those whose names are inscribed on the Cenotaph but not specifically commemorated in the book.
The information shown has been compiled from a number of sources and, while we believe it is valid, cannot guarantee its accuracy.
Note Those names marked with an asterix lost their lives in the war.

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Soldier's name index

Ambrose, John Guy Cluxton *
Anderson, Charles Laidlaw *
Anderson, Norman Charles
Ashby, Edward John
Barham, Leonard Reginald *
Baxter, James
Bee, Loren Sidney
Bell, Charles William Henry *
Bell, George William *
Bosnell, George Miles
Brockenshire, Leo Daniel Ward
Brown, John Samuel *
Campbell, James Donnachie *
Chambers, Thomas Leroy *
Clark, Clarence Richard
Cooke, Robert Charles *
Coulson, Eric Arthur *
Croft, Wilbert Carlton *
Darnell, Arthur Henry
Elliott, Howard Leslie
Elliott, Rev. James Alfred
Etcher, Louis Franklin *
Fisher, Bruce Fitzgerald *
Fulton, John *
Gibbs, Richard James *
Gibson, ---
Gibson, Francis Samuel
Gibson, Frederick William *
Gibson, Harry
Glanville, Samuel *
Hales, George Henry
Harrigan, Alfred Benley*
Hill, Percy Seymour
Hewson, Howard Samuel *
Hopkins, Albert Robert Edward
Humphreys, Bert Edgar
Hunt, George Edward
Jenkins, Alexander *
Kerr, Thomas *
Kirkconnell, Walter Allison *
Lingard, William Arthur John
Mack, Thomas
Mackie, Robert
Martin Sydney Arthur *
Mason, Henry (Harry) Denver *
McAlllister, Alfred Wallace *
McCaffrey, John James
McCallum, Frederick Andrew
McConnell, Thomas
McCrae, Peter
McCrimmon, John Duncan
McCrimmon, Norman Stuart *
McCurdy, Arthur Cecil
McCurdy, David Erwin
McDermot, George Burton
McDonald, Alexander Fulsher
McGibbon, William Thomas
McKeown, Alfred Milton
McLean, Hugh John Ernest
McLean, Norman Jennings
McMillan, Clarence Stanley
McMillan, John Duncan
McNeil, Thomas Sherman *
Mearns, Archibald James
Merrell, Robert Stanley
Middlebrook, Joseph Harold
Mitchell, Frank Leo
Mouser, Thomas William *
Navin, Edward
Neal, Harold Bake
Nicholas, Edward
Noden, George Henry *
O'Day, Dennis
O'Dell, Arthur John McWilliams
O'Dell, Henry Charles
Oliver, James Franklin
Olver, Norman Wadsworth
O'Neill, Frederick Robert
Palmer, Alfred Livingstone
Palmer, Charles Henry
Parker, Stanley
Parker, Stanley Edward
Parsons, James Henry
Paterson, Elmslie
Paterson, George William
Patman, William
Peacock, Wilbur Kells
Peacock, William Victor
Pearce, William Thomas
Pengelley, Claude Aubrey *
Pentland, Fred Alfred
Perks, Arthur Johnston
Peters, Hubert John Braxter
Pethick, Melville
Petrie, Robert George
Peverelle, Lewis Shambourg *
Peverelle, Oswald Bernard
Phillips, George
Pilsworth, Bruce LeRoy
Pomfret, William Ernest
Powell, Arthur Howard *
Powers, Glenn Watkins
Powers, William Lafontaine
Prout, Alfred Thomas *
Punchke, Frank
Pym, Charles Arthur
Pym, Edward
Raby, Arthur George William *
Ralph, Walter Clarence
Randall, Elmore Russell *
Randall, John Percival Maitland
Rankin, William
Read, Clarence Edgar
Reid, Eric Noel Lestock
Roche, Alexander Joseph
Rogers, Henry
Rogers, William Wright
Rosevear, James McCallum
Ross, Thomas Urquhart
Rosser, Alfred *
Rowcliffe, William Chaple
Rowden, Frank Howard
Rowe, Ernest Daniel
Rowe, Victor Robert John
Russell, William J.
Rutter, Norman
Rutter, Thomas George
Ryan, Clarence Elmer *
Ryan, Harold Joseph
Sackville, Alfred John
Scarboro, Richard
Schooling, Joseph William *
Scott, Herbert Roy
Sculthorpe, Walker (Wick)
Sculthorpe, Walker James
Smith, Marcus Everett
Smith, Samuel Sidney
Smith, Wallace Burdick
Smith, William John
Smith, William John
Smykowsky, John
Somers, William Robert *
Sowden, Felix Musgrave
Sowden, Oscar George *
Sowden, Sanford Boswell
Spratlin, Frederick John *
Squires, Frank Stephen
Stacey, Percy James
Stanley, Robert
Staple, Percy Everett
Stegman, Thomas Hammond
Tarrington, James *
Tink, William John
Toof, William Francis Edward
Townsend, Stephen Harold
Trew, Fred Lewellan "Wellington"
Turnbull, George Edward *
Turner, Roland *
Tutton, Angus Neil *
Tutton, Stewart Edgar
Vincent, Erland Erlandsen
Wade, Robert Henry
Waghorn, Francis Thomas George
Wannamaker, John Murray
Wansbrough, William Roland *
Ware, Leo Gordon
Watson, Clarence Herbert Dean
Watt, John *
Watt, Victor
Watt, William
Way, John Benjamin
Welch, Hector Forest
Weatherilt, William James
White, Arthur Ogilvy
White, George Patrick *
Whitehead, George *
Whitehead,Jack Cheshire
Wilby, John Albert
Wilkinson, Joseph Edward
Williams, Alman Clare
Williams, Roy Manley
Williams, William Charles
Williamson, Howard Kelly
Willis John Sommerville
Wilson, Edward Bruce
Wilson, William George *
Wilson, William James *
Wilton, Thomas George
Wood, Harold James
Wood, Hilliard *
Woodhouse, Arthur Sutherland Pigott
Wootton, John Bosigg *
Yates, William Lawrence *

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Evening Guide: 05 Apr 1919	Ambrose, John Guy Cluxton (2341377) was born 11 June 1880, son of Thomas & Ada (Cluxton) of Port Hope. A musician, he enlisted in Montreal 14 May 1917, arriving at Liverpool 05 July. A gunner with the Canadian Garrison Unit, 4th Siege Battery, 2nd Brigade, he died of pneumonia resulting from influenza at the 46th Canadian Hospital, France, 25 February 1919 and is buried in Halle Communal Cemetery, Belgium. There is no mention of him on the Cenotaph nor in the Book of Remembrance.
Credit: The Varsity, University of Toronto, 1918	Anderson, Charles Laidlaw (475533), son of Thomas & Mary Jane (Cromie), was born 20 September 1896 in Port Hope. He enlisted with the 4th Universities Company, PPCLI, in Kingston 11 September 1915, arriving in France 26 March 1916. He was killed in action 01 June 1916 at Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, and is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium. Charles' name is neither on the Cenotaph nor in the Book of Remembrance.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Anderson, Norman Charles (348754) Born 18 November 1896:Port Hope, s/o Charles Christopher & Minnie (Buckett) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, grain elevator employee, enlisted 02 February 1916:Kingston Served in Canada, UK ['seriously ill' with bronchopneumonia 11 December 1916] Demobilized 29 March 1919:Kingston Married Priscilla Moretta Willan 24 September 1920:Cannington, Ontario Died 28 October 1979; buried Welcome United Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Ashby, Edward John (805001) Born 08 March 1883:Crawley, Sussex, England, s/o Mark & Emily (Suter) Married Eula Gladys Dinner 07 June 1913:Port Hope Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Cook, enlisted 11 December 1915:Port Hope [one son at time of enlistment] Served in Canada Discharged 11 December 1916:Kingston, as medically unfit Died 21 August 1945:Hotel Dieu, Windsor Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Barham, Leonard Reginald (805175) was born 01 February 1897 in London, England. A Barnardo boy, he arrived in Portland, Maine, 05 March 1907. His next-of-kin was foster mother (Mrs.) Emma Austin of Paddock, England. An unmarried farmer employed by George Raby of Hope Township, he joined the 136th Battalion in Port Hope 05 January 1916, disembarking in Le Havre, France, 15 November. He was killed in action 01 January 1917 and is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery. His name appears on the Cenotaph but was not included not in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 27 Jan 1917
James & Gladys (Dinner) Baxter The photograph (right) shows James on the right, posing beside a field gun. Credit: James' daughter, Irene.	Baxter, James (3056818), son of James and Grace Caroline (Harris), was born 14 January 1884 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. A machinist living in Port Hope with his mother, he was conscripted in Kingston 22 February 1918 and saw service overseas in Belgium, France, and Germany with the 5th Battery, CFA. James married his war-bride, Gladys Davis, 03 April 1919 in England, returned to Canada shortly after, and had three children: Irene, Arthur, and Lorne. At the time of his death in 1936, he was employed at Nicholson File in Port Hope and is buried in Union Cemetery with his wife and two sons. While his younger brother, Henry, who died of pneumonia and pleurisy at age 33 in 1933, was listed in the Book of Remembrance, James was not.
Credit:David Bee, grand-nephew	Bee, Loren Sidney (80512), son of Sidney & Martha Minerva (Young), was born 02 November 1897 in Wesleyville. An unmarried railroad man, he enlisted in Port Hope with the 136th Battalion 28 December 1915. His military venture ended with his discharge at Valcartier Camp 12 July 1916, due to a request by his widowed mother that he was needed to run the farm, following the death of his father three weeks previously. He married Vera Viola Brown 16 June 1926 in Port Hope. He passed away 21 June 1935 at the age of 37. Loren's name was not included in the Book of Remembrance.
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Bell, Charles William Henry (192444), son of Charles & Julia (Richardson), was born 26 March 1893 in Salford Lanes, Lancashire, England. He enlisted in Toronto (5'4", 106 pounds!) with the 92nd Highlanders 18 August 1915. He arrived in France 28 August 1916, was reported wounded and MIA at Rouen 26 September, and confirmed killed the same day. He was buried in Courcelette British Cemetery. Charles' name is on the Cenotaph but not in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Bell, George William (412546) was born 09 August 1896, eldest child of William Mordey Bell & Marion Annie Cook, in Sunderland, England. There is evidence to show that George arrived at Quebec City in 1906 with a Barnardo Home group on the SS Dominion. He was an unmarried farmer prior to his 27 February 1915 enlistment in Port Hope. He listed as next-of-kin his brother, Norman, "address unknown", but in his Will, sister Dorothy Bell of England. He met his death in action at 12:30PM on 17 February 1917 and is buried at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, France. While his name is on the Cenotaph and in the Book of Remembrance, there was no biography nor photograph supplied to the Committee.	Evening Guide: 26 May 1917
No photograph available	Bosnell, George Miles (512940) Born 17 November 1894:Port Hope, s/o Henry & Mary (Kinsman) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, watchmaker, enlisted C.A.S.C. Training Depot 28 August 1916:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 05 May 1919:Montreal Married Mabel Babcock 24 July 1926:Toronto Died 25 June 1963:Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Brockenshire, Leo Daniel Ward (3042214), Lance Corporal Born 21 May 1888:Port Hope, s/o John & Mary (Ward) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Married Edith Mildred Burroughsford 17 August 1918:Toronto Bookbinder, drafted 04 November 1918:Toronto Served in Canada Demobilized 13 May 1919:Toronto Died 25 June 1963:Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Brown, John Samuel (32783), second son of William Holmes & Fannie Louisa (Banks), was born 16 November 1890 in Port Hope. A 3rd-year medical student at McGill University, he enlisted at Valcartier 24 September 1914 and was taken on strength with the No. 1 Field Ambulance in France. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant 21 April 1916. He was transferred to the 61st Battery, RGA with the rank of Second Lieutenant. John was killed in action at Arras 18 May 1917 and is buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. His name is not on the Cenotaph nor in the Book of Remembrance.	McGill Daily: 01 Oct 1917
No photograph available	Campbell, James Donnachie (814135), one of at least eleven children of James & Mary (Donnachie), was born 17 February 1898 in Deagles, Ayrshire, Scotland. The family emigrated to Cobourg in 1910. A sectionmaster for the Grand Trunk Railway, he enlisted in Cobourg in the 139th Overseas Battalion 01 January 1916 and arrived at Liverpool 09 October. When his battalion, the 21st, was advancing on the Sensee River on the Drocourt-Queant Line, he was killed in action 27 August 1918. He is buried in Windmill British Cemetery at Monchy Le Preux, France. His name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph but not in the Book of Remembrance.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
Credit: Jan Robertson	Chambers, Thomas Leroy (91616), son of James Edward & Eva Charlotte (Cann), was born 03 June 1897 in Hope Township. A single pattern maker, he enlisted at Niagara 18 August 1915 and served in Canada, England, and France, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. A gunner with the 31st Battery, CFA, he “...died in France on 08 May 1917 [No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station] as the result of wounds received during combat while serving with the 8th Brigade, CFA. His remain are buried in Barlin Cemetery, France.” While Thomas’ name appears on a plaque at Canton School - "In memory of pupils of SS#8, Hope Township, who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918" - there is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.	Credit: Jan Robertson
No photograph available	Clark, Clarence Richard (195049), fourth son of William & Emily (Gilbury), was born in Port Hope 07 October 1897. A file maker, he enlisted 31 December 1916 with the 207th Battalion at Ottawa. He was sent to England 14 June 1917 and to France 11 November, where he saw service as a stretcher bearer, suffering shrapnel and gunshot wounds on at least three occasions in 1918. He was demobilized 11 March 1919. On his return to Canada, he married Alma Beckwith 01 May 1919 in Toronto. He died 14 August 1931 of tuberculosis. His name is inscribed on the Cenotaph, but not specifically commemorated in the Book of Remembrance. From the 17 August 1931 Evening Guide Clarence Clark, former Port Hoper, had the unique experience to return from the Great War and see his name carved on the I.O.D.E. monument at Memorial Park here under the heading "killed in action". He enlisted with the famous Princess Pats and one night after a raiding party, he did not return. Several days later, he returned but not before he was listed as dead. Death took place at Agincourt on Thursday following an illness from tuberculosis. Deceased was son of the late William Clark of Port Hope. Following a funeral service at Agincourt, interment took place at Welcome Cemetery on Sunday.	Evening Guide: 14 Dec 1917 Evening Guide: Aug 1931
No photograph available	Cooke, Robert Charles (3056208), son of Edward Charles & Emily (Bales), was born 28 December 1897 in Hoxton, Hackney, England. A farmer, he was conscripted in Estevan, Saskatchewan, 07 November 1917, arrived in England 04 March 1918, and was posted to the 21st Overseas Battalion. Shortly after joining his unit in France, he was killed in action 19 September 1918. The War Graves Register reads Was on duty at his Company's Headquarters, doing sentry, and during hostile artillery retaliation, shell burst immediately in front of him, killing him instantly. He is buried in Dominion British Cemetery at Nord Pas de Calais. While his name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph (as Cook), he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
	The following biographical information and photograph were taken from the Newcastle Village and District Historical Society Newsletter Fall 2016 - Issue #125. Coulson, Eric Arthur (805313) was born in Newcastle 13 July 1894, son of Joseph & Annie Maud (Brown). On 05 February 1916, he enlisted in Port Hope with the 136th Battalion. He arrived in England 06 October 1916 onboard the SS Corsican after training in Canada for eight months. On 14 January 1917, he was sent to Shorncliffe. It appears that it was with the 6th Battalion that Eric entered the war zone of Europe. On 07 February, he was transferred again and it was while serving with the 21st Battalion of Infantry that he was killed in action 15 August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He was part of a machine gun crew during the attack on Hill 70 when a single artillery shell landed in their midst. He was buried in a nearby cemetery, but when the Imperial War Graves Commission was consolidating the wartime burials into more organized cemeteries, his body could not be located. Private Coulson is honoured on the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial. Eric's name was not included in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Croft, Wilbert Carlton (805556), son of John & Rosetta May (Byam), was born 14 October 1896 in Port Hope. A 5'8", 111-pound express driver, he enlisted with the 136th Overseas Battalion in Port Hope 15 March 1916, claiming two years previous military involvement with the High School Cadets. He was discharged 30 June 1916 at Barriefield Camp as physically unfit, after two weeks of hospitalization at Port Hope Hospital for tuberculosis. He was recommended for further treatment and admitted to the Mowat Sanatorium at Portsmouth, Ontario, in 1918, suffering from "far advanced pulmonary and laryngeal tuberculosis". He passed away 28 October 1918 and is buried at Welcome Cemetery in Port Hope. His name is in the Book of Remembrance but not on the Cenotaph. While unable to provide a military photograph, we are fortunate to have a c1903 family photo. Wilbert's older brother, Charles Lorne (805456), also served.	Evening Guide: 29 Oct 1918
No photograph available	Darnell, Arthur Henry (814046) Born 28 October 1872:Derby, England, s/o henry & Mary Ann (Cunnington) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, baker's helper, enlisted 139th Battalion 25 February 1916 :Cobourg, as a bandsman Served in Canada Discharged 28 September 1916:Valcartier Camp, as medically unfit [defective vision; phlebitis] Married; not known Died: not known [There is evidence to suggest he may have returned to England.] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Evening Guide: 04 Sep 1918	Elliott, Howard Leslie Sergeant, the only son of Rev. Charles Henry & Julia Ann (Bradley), was born 27 December 1890 in Fern Glen, Ontario. On 30 September 1914, he married Rosa Berdina White in Elizabethville. Their only child, Elmer Leslie, was born 16 March 1916 in the same village. Six weeks later, on 01 June, Howard enlisted with the 187th Overseas Battalion at Whitby. He arrived in France 17 February 1918, where he was killed in action. Howard's Circumstances of Death record states Whilst doing trench duty in a newly captured position in the vicinity of Parvillers at about 10:30 s.m. August 14th, 1918, he was struck in the back of the head by shrapnel from an enemy shell and instantly killed. He is buried in Bouchoir British Cemetery, five miles northeast of Roye, France. His name was not included in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.	Evening Guide: 04 Sep 1918
Courtesy of St. John's Anglican Church. Port Hope	Elliott, Rev. James Alfred, Captain. Eighth of nine children of Hugh & Mary Ann (Hannah), born 20 April 1864 in Pontiac, Quebec. He was a Rector in Cowansville when he married Sarah Charlotte Smardon 09 January 1896 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Rector of St. John’s Anglican Church in Port Hope since 1912, he enlisted as Chaplain to the 136th Battalion at Port Hope 30 May 1916. A long-time sufferer of heart disease, he was discharged 22 September 1916 after a Medical Board review. In 1919, he headed the committee that produced the local Book of Remembrance James passed away 20 October 1925 in Port Hope and is buried with Sarah and their unmarried daughter, Alfreda Charlotte, in St. John’s Cemetery. He did not include himself in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Etcher, Louis Franklin (814556) Born 29 December 1882:Centreton, Ontario, s/o Charles Franklin & Rozen A. (Hudson Residence on enlistment: Centreton Single, farmer, enlisted 20 December 1915:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Died of wounds 01 November 1918:France [GSW right leg] Although on the Port Hope Baptist Church 'Roll of Honour', Louis was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Ian Buckham	Fisher, Bruce Fitzgerald (337883) Born 25 March 1889:Cavan, s/o William James & Letitia (Hunter) Graduate of Port Hope High School Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, barrister, enlisted 13 April 1916:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 08 August 1918:Amiens, France While standing behind No. 1 gun in the Battery position at Domart Woods, an enemy 4.1 shell struck some ammunition nearby, exploding it and instantly killing Lieutenant Fisher. Circumstances of Deaths Registers Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Toronto Star, 19 August 1918
No photograph available	Fulton, John aka John Watt (412650), son of William Fulton & Jane Watt, was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland, 21 March 1886. An unmarried labourer, he enlisted with the 39th Battalion 16 February 1915 at Port Hope. Serving with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, he was killed in action in France 22 September 1916 and buried in the 2nd Canadian Cemetery near Contalmaison. There is no mention of him in either the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
Credit: Silver Cross Women of Canada, Oshawa Branch	Gibbs, Richard James (805057), son of Richard & Agnes (Botley), was born in Kent, England, 12 December 1897. The family appears to have emigrated to Canada in 1883, settling in Whitby by 1901. He married Irene Read 09 June 1909 in Oshawa. Richard enlisted with the 136th Overseas Battalion at Port Hope 13 November 1915 with a Port Hope address. The "Particulars of Family" record in his military file, dated 31 August 1916, show him with two sons and two daughters ranging in age from 17 months to 8 years. His wife had relocated to Oshawa by that time. Richard arrived in France 15 February 1917. Three months later, on 06 May, he died at the No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station of "dangerous wounds" received in action and was buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery near Bethune, France. While his name appears in the Book of Remembrance, he was not listed on the Port Hope Cenotaph.	Evening Guide: 14 May 1917
	Gibson, - Only the surname "Gibson" was listed in the Book of Remembrance. There were at least three soldiers (below) with connections: Frank and Harry, born in Port Hope and possible brothers or cousins, as a Frank Gibson is listed as Harry's next-of-kin on his attestation papers; and Frederick, an Orono native who enlisted at Port Hope.
No photograph available	Gibson, Francis Samuel (126302), son of Archibald & Sarah (Corbett), was born 13 June 1865 in Port Hope. His attestation papers of 13 September 1915 claim DOB as 13 June 1892, yet Frank stated that he had previously served with the York Rangers in the Riel Rebellion of 1885. A medical report in his military file reads He went to France on 08 June 1916 as a Private which duty he carried out in England from 16 April 1916. After leaving Base his O.C. put him in the transport lines where he did duty until 28 June 1916. He never was on sick parade since he enlisted. Says he told recruiting officer he was not sure of his age so that officer put it down and he is not sure what it was. He admits he might be 50 years. He was in the 1885 Rebellion (NW). His next-of-kin was his wife, Annie (nee Scott), whom he married 23 August 1893 at New Lowell. They had a daughter, Gertrude Marguerite, born 17 November 1899, who married John Hebgin. Frank served in France for six weeks with the 42nd Battalion before being discharged, due to age, in Quebec 15 February 1917. "This man is too old. He looks his age and feels it. No other evidence of disability. All systems normal." Frank died 26 December 1952 at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. At that time, he was a resident of Alliston. He is buried in Thornton's Union Cemetery.
	The following biographical information and photograph were taken from the Newcastle Village and District Historical Society Newsletter Fall 2016 - Issue #125 Fred was not included in either the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph. Gibson, Frederick William (805457), son of David James & Mary Vernon (Burnham), was born in Newcastle, Ontario, 07 January 1894. An unmarried farmer, he enlisted with the 136th Battalion in Port Hope 11 February 1916 and left for overseas duty from Halifax 25 September on the SS Corsican, arriving in England 06 October. He remained on duty in England until 17 June 1917 when his unit was sent to Camiers in France, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais. On the day that Fred died of wounds, 26 October 1917, he was taking part in the second battle of Passchendaele. Fred died at the #44 Casualty Clearing Station near Rouen as a result of his injuries and is buried at the Nine Elms British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Gibson, Harry (219828) was born in Port Hope 26 May 1870. A sailor claiming previous service with the 46th Regiment (Boer War?), he enlisted 25 September 1915 at Port Hope. He was transferred to the 80th Battalion 01 October and discharged at Kingston as "medically unfit for service" 05 October 1915. Death date and burial location are unknown.
Credit: Newcastle & District Historical Society Newsletter (#125)	Glanville, Samuel (805063), son of Samuel George & Louisa Elizabeth (Mercer) of Orono, was born 24 September 1895. He married Mary Jane Ball 21 December 1915 in Orono. He enlisted with the 136th Overseas Battalion at Port Hope 05 January 1916 and arrived at Liverpool, England, 06 October and France 15 November. He was reported missing in action 01 March 1917. The Newcastle Village & District Historical Society Newsletter (#125) states, from an account of the battles around Vimy A large-scale trench raid on 13 February 1917, involving 900 men from the 4th Canadian Division, resulted in 150 casualties. An even more ambitious trench raid on 1 March 1917, once again by the 4th Canadian Division, failed and resulted in 637 casualties including two battalion commanders and a number of company commanders killed. Samuel was among those 637 casualties. His name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. While included in the Book of Remembrance, his name was not included on the Cenotaph.	Credit: Doug Smith
No photograph available	Hales, George Henry (237913) Born 27 April 1879:Port Hope, s/o Henry & Martha (Membry) Married Emma Maud Arkless 12 March 1902:Port Hope [one son at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Chauffeur, enlisted 26 May 1916:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 03 April 1919:Toronto, as medically unfit [myalgia, flat feet] Died Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Harrigan, Alfred Benley (27717), second son of William Samuel & Evelyn (Wilkinson), was born 06 September 1898 in Port Hope. A steamfitter, he enlisted 20 September 1914 with the 46th Highlanders of Toronto and was sent to Valcartier. Fighting with the 15th Battalion, he was lost without a trace on the Ypres Salient 24-29 April 1915 and declared killed in action 29 April. Alfred is not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Hewson, Howard Samuel (141932), son of Charles & Mary Ann (Burke) of Port Hope, was born 17 November 1882. By 1891, the family had moved to Toronto. His wife, Clara, was living in Chicago at the time of his 09 August 1915 enlistment with the 75th Battalion at Niagara. Details of this have proven elusive, added to the October 1916 claim in his Separation Allowance file: "Issue no further cheques. This woman is not his legal wife." Howard sailed from Halifax 23 April 1916 on the Empress of Britain. His military career was cut short with his death at the No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station 17 September 1916 in France from shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder and thigh. He was buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Hill, Percy Seymour (805074) Born 31 May 1892:Liverpool, England, s/o Percy Seymour Hill [mother 'not known']; emigrated to Canada 1911 Married Sushannah Piggott 26 May 1915:Peterborough, Ontario Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Sailor, enlisted 05 January 1915:Port Hope Served in Canada Discharged as a deserter 30 June 1916:Valcartier Camp Died 10 February 1975; buried Ida, Ontario Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Ted Hopkins	Hopkins, Albert Robert Edward (59478), born 23 January 1897 in London, England, was the son of Albert Edward (who also served) & Sarah Ann Rebekah (Atwell). The family emigrated to Port Hope in 1906. A labourer, he enlisted with the Machine Gun Section of the 21st Battalion 06 November 1914 at Kingston. He arrived in England 15 May 1915 and France 15 September. In December 1915, he transferred to the artillery with the rank of gunner. While in position near Pozieres 01 November 1916, the artillery was firing on the area near Regina Trench when he was hit in the legs by shrapnel. After a lengthy hospital stay, he joined the 1st Brigade, 4th Battery, CFA. At Passchendaele 05 November 1917, he received shrapnel wounds to his chest and left ankle, which led to the amputation of his leg 8" below the knee. During his ensuing stay in hospitals, he married Florence Ruby Herrmann on 14 April 1918. Albert returned to Canada 17 June 1918 for further hospital treatment and was discharged 30 August 1918 as "physically unfit for service". While a patient at the Christie Street Hospital in Toronto, he died 11 June 1928 of myocardial failure, believed by the family to have been a result of trauma from his wounds and amputation. He is buried in Prospect Cemetery. [Information from son WW Hopkins of Toronto.]
Credit: Pat Humphreys Click to view the full photograph of Bert and his mates. The photograph (right) shows Bert, marked "X" centre beside his overturned helmet, awaiting or receiving first aid treatment after his shrapnel wounding at Vimy in 1917.	Humphreys, Bert Edgar (805072), son of George Albert & Agnes (Turner) was born 27 July 1898 in Greenwich, England. The family emigrated to Canada in 1913. A Bowmanville farm labourer, Bert enlisted with the 136th Battalion 28 September 1915 at Port Hope. He arrived at Liverpool 06 October. His brother, Stanley, enlisted at Bowmanville 16 June 1916, but was discharged 28 February 1917 as "Under Age". In France with the 87th Battalion, Bert was struck in the right leg by shrapnel at Vimy Ridge 09 April 1917, requiring an amputation and subsequent re-amputation between his hip and knee. He spent 14 days in hospital in France, 4 months in England, and 4 months at Sick Children's in Toronto before being discharged as medically unfit 14 May 1918. Bert married Ida Magdalena Langohr 09 November 1929. In the Toronto 1931 census, Bert, employed with the street railway, Ida, and son, Jack, were boarding on Yorkville Avenue. Twins, Ted and Bob, were to follow. Bert passed away 25 August 1975. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
	Jenkins, Alexander (454796), son of William Thomas & Mary Ann (Lee), was born 07 June 1887 in Port Hope. On 10 December 1910, he married Alice Barton McDonald in Toronto. A sheet metal worker, he enlisted 22 May 1915 in Lindsay and sailed from Halifax 04 January 1916. He landed in France 18 July. Alexander suffered a number of gunshot and shrapnel wounds. He died in action with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles 26 August 1918 and is buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France. While his name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph, he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
In his Boer War uniform Credit: Cal Clayton Collection Credit:Evening Guide	Kerr, Thomas (805092), son of Thomas & Margaret Ann (Craig), was born 26 September 1870 in Port Hope. He and a group of friends joined D battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery, in Ottawa 05 January 1900 as it was about to leave for South Africa. Having served with the 46th Regiment, he returned home in 1902. He was one of the first to enlist with the 136th Overseas Battalion 27 December 1915 in Port Hope. His military record has little to offer, save an investigation into his death at his home, after going AWOL from Kingston. The conclusion of the Board of Inquiry at Barriefield 14 June 1916 The Board having assembled pursuant to order, proceed to investigate the cause of death and find that Pte. Thomas Kerr, 136th O.S. Batt'n, C.E.F., died a few minutes after being taken to Port Hope Hospital, Port Hope, Ontario, on May 26th, 1916, from the effect of a dose of Crude Carbolic Acid administered by his own hand while in a stage of depression due to influence of Alcoholism notwithstanding the fact he was on the prohibited list. He is buried in Union Cemetery. His name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph, but he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 27 May 1916
Credit: Sept 2010 YPBC News	Kirkconnell, Walter Allison, Lieutenant, son of Thomas Allison & Bertha Gertrude (Watson), was born 20 August 1893 in Port Hope. He attended Port Hope High School and at his 22 September 1914 enlistment was a law student. While serving with the Quebec Regiment in France, he was plagued with gastro-enteritis. Walter was killed in action While taking part in an attack at Morgemont Wood on the morning of the August 8th, 1918, he was instantly killed near the 'jumping-off' position by some enemy shell fire. He was buried in Toronto British Cemetery, south of Corbie, France, and is commemorated at the family plot in Port Hope Union Cemetery. Walter was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Lingard, William Arthur John (59591), Sergeant Born 21 October 1894:Port Hope, s/o John & Anna (East) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Enlisted 21st Overseas Battalion 06 November 1914:Kingston Married Dorothy Florence Woods 08 June 1918:Brighton, England Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 104 July 1919:Kingston Died 17 March 1969:Toronto Western Hospital Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Mack, Thomas (145295), son of Edward & Esther (Fitchett), was born in Port Hope 31 December 1876. A 43-year-old unmarried labourer, he enlisted with the 77th Overseas Battalion at Ottawa 16 October 1915, sailed from Halifax to Liverpool on the ss Missanabie 19 June 1916, was tranferred to the 47th Battalion 06 July, and arrived in France 10 August. Service: Canada: 16 October 1915-16 June 1916 England: 30 June 1916-10 August 1916 France: 10 August 1916-January 1919 Thomas was awarded the Military Medal, which came up for auction 24 May 2023 at Noonans Mayfair, London, England, for "bravery in the field". A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private T. Mack, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (145295 Pte. T. Mack. 47/Can: Inf:) nearly very fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. Thomas Mack was born in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada in December 1876. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Mack was wounded 3 April 1917, and attached to 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Signal Company for the award of his M.M. Sold with copied service papers. Thomas received a gunshot wound through the right thigh at Arras, France, in August 1918. He returned to Halifax on the Empress of Britain 22 January 1919 and was discharged 19 June 1919. He died 28 March 1957 and is buried with his wife, Wilhelmina Sorrie, in York Cemetery, Toronto. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.	Thomas' Military Medal
No photograph available	Mackie, Robert (304088) Born 07 December 1892:Port Hope, s/o William & Sarah Jane (Tozer) [MacKay on birth registration] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, driver, enlisted 09 November 1915:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 09 May 1919:Toronto Married Aimie/Amy Jean Aldous 14 September 1931:Walkerville, Ontario Died 09 December 1961:St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Martin, Sydney Arthur (3060928), was born 03 June 1885, the fourth of five children of James & Cemerimus (Bebee) in Port Hope. An unmarried farmer, he was drafted with the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, 18 October 1918 in Belleville. Sadly, he died four days later, 22 Oct 1918, at Belleville General Hospital of heart failure due to influenza and pneumonia and was buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough. While Sidney’s name appears on a plaque at Canton School: "In Memory of pupils of SS#8, Hope Township, who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918", there is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Mason, Henry (Harry) Denver, Lieutenant, son of William E. & Agnes Jane (Finnie) of Canton, was born 22 June 1892 in Denver, Colorado. A banker, he enlisted with the 80th Battalion 06 September 1915 in Barriefield, becoming a lieutenant 01 November. In France, he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps as an observer 02 April 1917, was killed in action 28 April, and is buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery. While his name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph and on a plaque at Canton School: "In Memory of pupils of SS#8, Hope Township, who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918", he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 30 May 1917
Courtesy of the Canadian Virtual War Memorial	McAllister, Alfred Wallace (475489), son of Robert J. (born Port Hope) & Nellie (Wood), was born 26 December 1890 in Blackstock, Ontario. A Toronto letter carrier, he enlisted with the 4th Overseas University Company 09 October 1915 in Toronto, arriving in England 07 December 1915. He proceeded to France 24 March 1916 and was killed in action while fighting with the P.P.C.L.I. 02 June 1916 at Sanctuary Wood …was killed by enemy shell fire while in the trenches about 11.00 A.M. on June 2nd, 1916. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate, Ypres, and he is also commemorated in Welcome Cemetery, Port Hope, where his parents and other family members are buried. Alfred was neither mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	McCaffrey, John James (2626985) Born 07 May 1870:Port Hope, next-of-kin: nil, orphan Residence on enlistment: Detroi, Michigan Single, machinist, enlisted 13 December 1917:London, Ontario Served in Canada, UK - Canadian Forestry Corps Discharged as meically unfit, due to bronchial asthma, 04 January 1919:London, Ontario Died 08 March 1930; buried Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McCallum, Frederick Andrew (1078) Born 12 October 1887:Port Hope, s/o Robert & Annie (Andrew) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, printer, enlisted 22 September 1914:Valcartier Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 10 March 1919:Toronto Married Florence May Doherty 25 December 1922:Alameda, California Died 12 December 1966:Richmond, California; buried Colma, California Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McConnell, Thomas (805110), born in England 1897, parish and parents unknown, emigrated to Quebec City 03 August 1905 as a Barnardo Home Child. On his 15 December 1915 enlistment papers, he described William Lingard, a farmer in Hope Township, as his "friend and employer". Thomas shipped out to England 12 September 1916 and was posted to France 13 January 1917 with the 4th Pioneer Battalion. He was admitted to the No. 54 General Hospital at Boulogne 12 July 1917 after he ...was struck in right heel and right thigh by fragments of an high explosive shell. He says a few days later his toes turned black and amputation on account of gangrene was performed 12 days after he was wounded. This amputation was done through lower third of thigh at Boulogne. A reamputation was performed at Margate 2 months ago. Unsurprisingly, he was discharged 03 September 1919 at Kingston as "medically unfit". Thomas married Viola Pearly Fletcher Irwin in Toronto 28 December 1925. They had at least one child, a daughter Joyce. He died 31 August 1973 in Toronto. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	McCrea, Peter (805743) was born in Vancleek Hill 24 April 1872. An unmarried bricklayer living in Bewdley when he enlisted at Port Hope 27 April 1916, he was discharged at Barriefield two months later, 30 June, for "physical unfitness". No reasons were shown in his military record. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	McCrimmon, John Duncan, Major Born 28 November 1867:Port Hope, s/o Malcolm & Mary (McNeil) Married Jane Mary Elizabeth McLeod 25 February 1899:Halifax Residence on enlistment: Stratford, Ontario Married, merchant, enlisted 33rd Battalion 22 October 1915:London, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France [previous experience with 28th Perth Regiment Active Militia] Demobilized 12 July 1919:Ottawa Died 26 September 1951:Toronto; buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
	McCrimmon, Norman Stuart (908002) Born 19 August 1894:Port Hope, s/o William Lewis & Eliza Jane (Brown) of Oshawa [William died 1899 & Jane/Jennie married John Thomas Gould 1912] Residence on enlistment: Cupar, Saskatchewan Single, farmer & teamster, enlisted 02 May 1916:Regina, Saskatchewan Served in Canada, UK, France Died of wounds received in action as gunner with the Cobourg Heavy Battery 25 October 1917 [penetrating GSW to the abdomen] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	McCurdy, Arthur Cecil (404516) Born 30 April 1887:Port Hope, s/o Alexander & Lucy Jane (Hearn) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, bricklayer, enlisted 10 April 1915:Toronto Marriage to Marie Brunt Magdalen Wood 26 July 1915:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France [Pott's fracture, right leg, playing football on frozen ground 06 February 1917] Demobilized 28 March 1919:Toronto; buried Prospect Cemetery, Toronto Died 12 February 1958:Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McCurdy, David Erwin (805364), son of Daniel & Catherine (Detcher), was born 30 August 1884 in Port Hope, where he married Ethel May Heron 27 October 1910. He enlisted in Port Hope 18 February 1916, but was discharged at Barriefield 30 June for "physical unfitness". No reasons were shown in his military record. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	McDermot, George Burton (1049314), Sergeant Born 08 May 1860:Port Hope, s/o John Reynolds & Maria Angelique (Burton) Married Clara Bidwell Wilcox (1881:Port Perry, Ontario; divorced) & widow Florence Sherlock (nee Martin)(1909):Golden, BC) Residence on enlistment: Golden, BC Rancher, enlisted 18 September 1916:Golden, BC, with the 242nd Battalion Appointed Sergeant 10 November 1916. Arrived UK 04 November 1916 & France 01 January 1917 Admitted to Bear Wood Hospital, UK, 20 June 1918 for arteriosclerosis & myalgia; invalided to Spadina Military Hospital, Toronto 05 October 1918 Discharged 18 December 1918:Victoria, BC, as "physically unfit in consequence of being over age for further service..." Died 24 September 1935:Golden, BC; buried Golden Community Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance Obituary from the 25 September 1935 Calgary Herald GOLDEN, B.C., Sept. 25 - (Special Dispatch) - Death removed another of the oldtimers of this district on Tuesday in the person of George G. McDermot, following a lengthy illness. The late Mr. McDermot came to Golden in the eighties and for a number of years operated a general store here. He later traveled in Western Canada for a Calgary oil firm and was well known among business men. He served overseas during the Great War and was for a time connected with the game department of the British Columbia government. Besides his widow he is survived by one son, Burton, and one daughter Madeline at home; a step-son, Melville Sherlock at Field, and a [step] daughter, Mrs. F. N. Gisborne, whose husband is manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Dawson, Yukon.
	McDonald, Alexander Fulsher (622131) Born 28 July 1876: Port Hope, s/o Duncan Edward & Elizabeth (Fulsher) Residence on enlistment: Winnipeg Single, farmer, enlisted 29 December 1914:Winnipeg, 44th Battalion Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW to back of wrist 20 September 1916] Married Emily Frances Trussler 27 November 1918:Epsom, England Discharged 24 May 1919:Quebec Died 16 June 1941; buried Old Kildonan Cemetery, Winnipeg Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Tim McDonald (Findagrave.com)
No photograph available	McGibbon, William Thomas (2706214) Born 30 September 1874:Port Hope, s/o Thomas & Mary Ann (Mains) Married Grace Mary Outram 10 June 1897:Port Hope Residence on enlistment: Victoria, BC Hardware salesman, enlisted Esquimalt, BC, 16 November 1918 [prior service, 46th Infantry Company] Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 09 September 1919:Vancouver, BC Died 23 March 1949:Victoria, BC Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McKeown, Alfred Milton (127342), Band Sergeant Born 22 January 1857:Port Hope, s/o Robert & Mary (McElroy) Residence on enlistment: Woodstock Musician, piano maker, enlisted 14 October 1915:Woodstock [prior with the 46th Regiment] Served in Canada, UK Medical Board at Bramshott, 19 July 1916, determined that, while otherwise fit, he was over-age ["Age 56 apparent age 47, otherwise physically fit for a man of his years"] Discharged from the 71st Battalion 18 January 1918:London, Ontario Married Susan Letitia Moore Died 23 March 1941:Peterborough; buried Hamilton, Ontario Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McLean, Hugh John Ernest (81650) Born 24 September 1898:Port Hope, s/o James & Leonora (Marsh) Residence on enlistment: Stoughton, Saskatchewan Single, scholar, enlisted 16 December 1914:Winnipeg [prior service, 46th Regiment, Port Hope] Served in Canada, UK, France Shrapnel head wound 19 June 1915:Flanders; dangerously ill at No. 10 Stat. Hospital, St. Omer [see medical report right] Discharged 05 Novemebr 1915:Winnipeg Died 16 November 1963:Montreal; buried Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Library & Archives canada
No photograph available	McLean, Norman Jennings, Lieutenant Born 31 August 1890:Port Hope, s/o Col. William & Sarah (Jennings) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, clerk, enlisted 28 December 1914:Toronto, 2nd Field Battery Served in Canada, UK, France [Gas shell 2nd degree burns & poisoning 22 July 1918]; transferred to London, where he developed influenza] Demobilized 03 January 1919:Ottawa Married Eliza Jane Ross 16 June 1920:Toronto Died 1975 [exact date/burial spot unknown; parents in Port Hope Union Cemetery] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Port Hope High School 1983 Commencement programme
No photograph available	McMillan, Clarence Stanley (3058069) Born 06 November 1894:Port Hope, s/o Duncan James & Jeanette/Janet (Nicholson) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, clerk, drafted 1st Depot Battalion 04 May 1918:Barriefield Camp, Kingston Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 14 January 1919:Belleville Married Elizabeth Theresa Wickham 04 February 1928:Kingston Died 06 January 1942:Thorold, Ontario; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Kathleen Erikson	McMillan, John Duncan (805618) Born 09 April 1874:Port Hope, s/o Duncan John & Janet (Laurenceson) Married Emma Hunter 23 July 1896 [2nd marriage (1937) to widow Lillian Maud Brethen] Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Teamster, enlisted 23 March 1916:Port Hope [2 children at time of enlistment] Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 12 April 1919:Kingston, as medically unfit Died 21 May 1965:Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	McNeil, Thomas Sherman (446445) Born 24 May 1887:Bobcaygeon, s/o Robert W. & Hannah (Staples) Graduated Port Hope High School Residence on enlistment: Edmonton Single, farmer, enlisted 01 May 1915:Calgary, Alberta Served in Canada, UK, France Died of wounds 22 June 1917:Boulogne, France Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Library and Archives Canada
No photograph available	Mearns, Archibald James (42539), born 20 May 1884 in London, England, was, according to the marriage registration of his union with Reta Ethel Hughes of California 12 August 1907 in Toronto, the son of A. James Mearns & Lucy Clarke. He emigrated from Liverpool with a group of 180 Barnardo Home children 08 October 1896, arriving at Quebec City ten days later. He was placed with the Samuel Wauchope family in Bolton, Ontario. A mechanic, he enlisted with the 9th Battery, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, 22 September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, with eight years previous service with the Battery. He stated that he was unmarried, with his sister, Mrs. James Carr, of Toronto as next-of-kin. His army medical file describes a tattoo of his wife's name, Ethel Mearns, two clasped hands over a heart, and the marriage date, so perhaps Ethel had died or left him prior to his enlistment. His stated adress as of 11 February 1915 was Box 134, Port Hope. A 21 January 1917 file entry states "past marriage was approved" - there is a London marriage record of Archibald J. Mearns and Alice Powell in the last quarter of 1915 - and his Will of 1917 leaves "everything to my wife, Mrs. Alice Mearns". Perhaps he married Alice in while on leave in England? Archibald served as a gunner in France from 07 March 1916 to 13 December 1918, when he returned permanently to England. Due to a combination of myalgia, chronic bronchitis, and varicose veins, he was discharged 07 March 1919 "following injury and exposure in France" as medically unfit to serve. Alice appears to have remained in London. In the 1921 Port Hope census, he was listed as a widower, living with his brother-in-law, James Carr, and sister, Rose Alice (Noble) at 259 Brown Street. He received treatment over the next few years at Toronto's Christie Street Veterans' Hospital, and it was during a stay there that he met the Prince of Wales during his 1927 Canadian tour. He died of tuberculosis 11 June 1941 at the "Toronto Hospital" and is buried in Prospect Cemetery. He is not listed in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 11 Aug 1927
No photograph available	Merrell, Robert Stanley, alias Robert Stanley (1042914) Difficulty researching Robert. Uncertain if facts presented are accurate Born 06 May 1890:Port Hope Residence on enlistment: Westmount, Montreal Single, railroad constructor enlisted 27 January 1917:Renfrew Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 03 April 1919:Montreal Married: unknown Died 22 July 1935 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Middlebrook, Joseph Harold (193594), one of five children of Joseph Harper & Emma (Kirkland), was born 17 November 1887 in Port Hope. By 1891, the family was living in Toronto. Joseph enlisted, an unmarried electrician, in Toronto 10 April 1916. He served in England and France before being discharged from the 92nd Battalion, CEF, 05 June 1918, as "being wounded and rendered physically unfit for further war service" after suffering a gunshot wound "to the upper extremities". On 28 July 1932, Joseph married Edna Kennedy in Toronto. He died 01 March 1954. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Mitchell, Frank Leo, alias Alexander Joseph Roche (341590) Note: Not known why he used an alias, nor how much of the following information is accurate. Usual reliable sources turned up nothing more. Born 10 December 1897:Port Hope Married Anna M. [separated], residing in Texas at time of enlistment Residence on enlistment: San Antonio, Texas Rancher, enlisted 07 March 1918:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 17 September 1919:Toronto [to reside in Geneva, NY] Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Art Marvin	Mouser, Thomas William (3059882), one of seven children of George & Eliza (Earl), was born in Bristol, England, 16 June 1896. By 1901, he was living in the Aston Union Cottage Homes in Erdington, a complex for orphaned and destitute children. He emigrated to Canada with a Barnardo party in 1911. At the time of his 13 October 1917 enlistment with the 1st Depot Battalion (Eastern Ontario) Canadian Infantry, he was working on the Hope Township farm of Richard Uglow. Enroute to England on the SS Thongwa, he died of double lobar pneumonia 18 July 1918 and was buried at sea. With no family, he left his wordly goods to Richard Uglow. His name is inscribed on the Halifax Memorial. While his name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph, he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 29 Jul 1918
No photograph available	Navin, Edward (1260518) Born 10 October 1897:Port Hope, s/o Edward & Annie (Burn) Residence on enlistment: Cobourg Single, butcher, enlisted 18 April 1916:Cobourg with the Cobourg Heavy Battery Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 23 June 1919:Ottawa Died 15 December 1923:Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, of pulmonary tuberculosis; buried St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Cobourg Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
From the Leona Croft collection Credit: Marika Pirie"	Neal, Harold Baker (3038346), the youngest of four children of Elisha & Eliza Jane (Heaslip), was born 04 March 1892 in Port Hope. An unmarried divinity student, he was drafted in Toronto 15 May 1918 with the 1st Central Ontario Regiment, 1st Depot Battalion. He was discharged from the University of Toronto OS Company 19 November 1918 "…by reason of having been accepted as a candidate for a commission in the Imperial Army." He married Esther Caroline Bailey, daughter of James & Almeda (Snarr) of Rawdon, Hastings County, 11 August 1920 in Vancouver. They had two children: Gwendoyn Anna (1922) and John Edgar (1925). C1920, they were living in Toronto and by 1931, they were in Belleville. Harold died 07 January 1972 and is buried in Port Hope Union Cemetery with his wife. He is not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Nicholas, Edward (153750) Born 28 February 1875:Port Hope, s/o John & Harriet (Jordan) Married Agnes Emily Waring 29 April 1903:Toronto Residence on enlistment: Toronto Plumber, enlisted 84th Battalion 24 August 1915:Toronto Served in Canada Discharged as medically unfit [defective eyesight] 14 June 1916:Toronto Died 12 April 1942:Toronto; buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
	The following biographical information and photograph were taken from the Newcastle Village and District Historical Society Newsletter Fall 2016 - Issue #125. George's name was not included in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph. Noden, George Henry (805413), son of Wesley & Eleanor (Douglas), was born 03 March 1892 in Springville, Cavan Township. An unmarried blacksmith at the time of his 14 February 1916 enlistment with the 136th Battalion at Port Hope, he sailed from Halifax 26 September 1917 on the SS Corsican, arriving at Liverpool on 06 October. Serving at the Somme with the Canadian Field Artillery, he was admitted to the 46th Field Ambulance 04 July 1918 where he died the same day with a penetrating gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was buried in Anzim's St. Aubin British Cemetery, near Arras, France.	Battle report Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	O'Day, Dennis (1075321) Born 11 May 1872:Port Hope, s/o Jussie O'Day Residence on enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta Widower, tracklayer, enlisted 11 July 1916:Edmonton, Alberta Served in Canada, UK Discharged 14 February 1919:Calgary, as "medically unfit for further service" [age & elbow stiffness] Died: 1924; buried Edmonton Municipal Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	O'Dell, Arthur John McWilliams (1102183) Born 19 October 1888:Port Hope, s/o Charles Thomas & late Margaret (McWilliams) Married Margaret Sinclair Perkin (18 July 1911 [died 1916]:Staynor Residence on enlistment: Toronto Widower, sales manager, enlisted 27 January 1917:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France [rank of Corporal 20 October 1917; Company Quartermaster Sergeant 22 December 1917] Demobilized 30 March 1919:Toronto Married Bernice Ethel Brown 1920 Died 21 November 1993:Toronto; buried St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	O'Dell, Henry Charles (778039), Sergeant Born 29 December 1892:Port Hope, s/o Charles Thomas & Margaret McCrea (McWilliams) [married 1888:Port Hope] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, clerk, enlisted 07 December, 1915:Toronto [previous service, 12th Regt. York Rangers] Served in Canada, UK, France [promoted to Sergeant 01 August 1916] Demobilized 29 March 1919:Toronto Married Helen Gertrude Paton 18 May 1921:Toronto Died 05 April 1961:Leaside, Ontario; buried St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Oliver, James Franklin (511717) Born 10 September 1896:Port Hope, s/o James Grange & Bertha (Stewart) Residence on enlistment: Napanee Single, teamster, enlisted 22 January 1916:Kingston Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 19 March 1919:Kingston [to reside in Napanee] Married Agnes Godfrey 07 May 1935:Belleville Died 18 December 1937:Kingston General Hospital of tuberculosis Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Olver, Norman Wadsworth (669479) Born 27 December 1872:Port Hope, s/o Zachariah & Jane (Turnbull) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, commercial traveller, enlisted 24 January 1916:Toronto [previous, 2 months with the 46th Regiment] Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW to right elbow, compound fracture, 21 October 1917:Ypres] Discharged 03 June 1919:Toronto as medically unfit Died 30 September 1930:Port Hope; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	O'Neill, Frederick Robert (3058203), Corporal Born 23 June 1896:Port Hope, s/o Robert & Ada (Southgate) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, clerk, drafted 02 May 1918:Kingston Served in Canada, UK Demobilized 12 July 1919:Kingston [to reside in Port Hope] Married Emma Lucille Ott 20 June 1923:Port Hope Died 19 May 1969:Port Hope; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Palmer, Alfred Livingstone (931028), Corporal Born 12 April 1887:Port Hope, s/o Matthew Robin & Jane A. (Tufford) Residence on enlistment: Erickson, BC Single, rancher, enlisted 225th Battalion 12 February 1916:Morrissey, BC Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 18 May 1919:Winnipeg Married Rose Charlotte Wearmouth 01 July 1919:Spokane, Washington Died 25 June 1973:Central Kootenay, BC; buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Creston, BC Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Palmer, Charles Henry (276095) Born 05 September 1895:Port Hope, s/o William & Emielyn(?) (Rowland)[birth registration states 05 January 1894] Residence on enlistment: Rocanville, Saskatchewan Single, farmer, enlisted 217th Overseas Battalion 23 November 1915:Moosomin, Saskatchewan Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 22 March 1917:Regina, as medically unfit [defective vision due to measles in 1907] Married: unknown Died: unknown Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Parker, Stanley (511189) Born 24 January 1896:Port Hope, s/o William Residence on enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan Single, farmer, enlisted 11 January 1916:Regina, Saskatchewan Served in Canada, UK, France [had trench fever] Demobilized 08 February 1919:Regina, Saskatchewan Married: not known Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Riley Family Tree Ancestry.ca	Parker, Stanley Edward (27528) Born 04 May 1892:Port Hope, s/o George Edward Blake & Mary Rebecca (Ryan) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, machinist, enlisted 22 September 1914:Valcartier Served in Canada, UK, France, Belgium [prisoner of war 24 June 1915-06 March 1919] Demobilized 11 June 1919:Toronto Married Jane Florence "Jennie" Riley 19 April 1932:Toronto Died 08 January 1977:Hamilton, Ontario; buried Eastlawn Cemetery, Hamilton Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Parsons, James Henry (3058599) Born 08 April 1897:Port Hope, s/o George Marwood & Mary (Mathews) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, farmer, drafted 08 May 1918:Kingston Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged as "low category" 09 September 1918:Kingston [to reside in Port Hope] Married Ruby Isabella Pratt 23 June 1927:Port Hope Died 22 January 2000:Cobourg; buried Cobourg Union Cemewtery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Paterson, Elmslie (504806) Born 29 October 1874:Port Hope, s/o John & Ann (Brown) [brother of George William Paterson] Married Josephine Boswell Sowden 15 June 1901:Vancouver Residence on enlistment: North Vancouver, BC Clerk, enlisted 11 March 1916:North Vancouver Served in Canada, UK [rejected for France because of adhesions from an appendectomy when he was 6] Demobilized 15 October 1919:Vancouver Died 15 March 1943:North Vancouver; buried North Vancouver Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Paterson, George William (1048951) Born 23 April 1877:Port Hope, s/o John & Ann (Brown) [brother of Elmslie Paterson] Married Jennie Henrietta Delmas [died 10 August 1917] Residence on enlistment: Vernon, BC Rancher, enlisted 18 September 1916:Vernon Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 21 May 1919: [to reside in Mara, BC] Died 09 March 1953 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Patman, William (805287) was born in London, England, 01 July 1898. A resident of Morrish, he enlisted 29 January 1916 at Port Hope. Almost immediately, his service record details illnesses. He was was admitted to Port Hope Hospital 18 February 1916 for "urethral haemorrhage" and transferred to Kingston Hospital, where he remained 15 April-31 July. During that time, a Medical Board recommended kidney removal for his anemia, and a stay at Rockwood Hospital for the Insane, due to his suicidal thoughts. He was there 12 February 12 September 1917-18 April 1918. He was discharged "for further treatment" from the services 18 October 1918. William died 22 May 1947. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Peacock, Wilbur Kells (1027334), son of Earnest Kells & Eva Lydia (Wilkinson), was born in Canton 23 September 1898. He enlisted with the 235th Battalion at Port Hope 09 September 1916. He sailed for England 08 May 1917, and was sent to France 01 January 1918, where he earned the Good Conduct Badge. He returned to Canada 14 April 1919, and was discharged in Toronto 10 days later. Wilbur married Hazel Edith Sidey 03 December 1928 in Toronto. He passed away 17 May 1990. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Peacock, William Victor (2498850) Born 03 June 1889:Port Hope, s/o John Richard & Martha (White) Residence on enlistment: Campbellcroft, Ontario Single, carpenter, enlisted 29 September 1917:Toronto Served in Canada Demobilized 05 December 1918:Hamilton, Ontario Married Lepha Nellie Doncaster 01 January 1929:Oshawa Died 09 November 1973; buried Oshawa Union Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Doug Nelson	Pearce, William Thomas (645801) Born 12 October 1874:Port Hope, s/o Thomas B. & Matilda (Bray) Married Laura Christina Graham 21 October 1903:Stanley, Manitoba [5 children on enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Vancouver, BC Driver, enlisted 12 February 1916:Vancouver Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 31 July 1919:Vancouver Died 11 October 1934:Vancouver; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Pengelley, Claude Aubrey (1075046), Sergeant Born 18 May 1884:Port Hope, s/o Theodore Robert & Fanny Susannah (Swan) Residence on enlistment: Bailieboro Single, carpenter, enlisted 16 May 1916:Ottawa Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized Died of wounds at No. 91 Field Ambulance 14 July 1917:Belgium; buried Coxyde Military Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph
No photograph available	Pentland, Fred Alfred (2356738) Born 06 March 1896:Port Hope Residence on enlistment: Detroit, Michigan [US citizen] Single, clerk, enlisted 21 May 1918:London, Ontario Served in Canada Demobilized 28 November 1918:London, Ontario Married: not known Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Perks, Arthur Johnston, Lieutenant Born 11 August 1888:Port Hope, s/o George & Charlotte (Mack) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, bank clerk, appointed Lieutenant 24 September 1915:Halifax [prior service (3 months), 66th Regiment] Served in Canada, UK, France [suffered trench fever, debility, & a sprained ankle from wrestling with another officer] Demobilized 08 July 1919:Ottawa Married Lorna Campbell Bridgman 14 April 1920:Port Arthur, Ontario Died 07 January 1973:Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Peters, Hubert John Braxter (805752), son of Blake Farley & Elizabeth Ann (Gist), was born in Canton 03 April 1886. He married Emma Lucinda Manley 13 April 1910 in Port Hope, and in his military file, dated 31 August 1916, reported three children: Olive Georgina (5); Janet Mary (4); and Harvey Linton (2). He enlisted with the 136th Battalion at Port Hope 08 May 1916, claiming previous militia duty of one year with the 57th Regiment. He arrived in England 06 October 1916 with the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was treated for shrapnel wounds to his right leg at Camiers, France, 01 March 1917, and sent to Cheltenham, England, to recover, being discharged from hospital 19 April. He spent the duration of the war in England before being shipped to Canada 06 June 1919. Hubert died 20 December 1944 at the Christie Street Hospital in Toronto. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Pethick, Melville (405676) Born 26 February 1886:Port Hope, s/o Thomas & Sarah (Bowlen) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, steamfitter, enlisted 15 June 1915:Niagara, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 31 March 1919:Toronto [to reside in Toronto] Married widow Flora Emma Glenney (nee Winkworth) 01 February 1927:Detroit, Michigan Died 07 March 1943:Detroit, Michigan of lobar pneumonia; buried White Chapel Cemetery, Oakland County Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Petrie, Robert George (454936) Born 01 May 1877:Port Hope, s/o Adam & Mary (Page) Married Lillian Sarah Ricket 24 December 1903:Roslin, Ontario Residence on enlistment: Belleville Cook enlisted 13 July 1915:Belleville Served in Canada, UK, France [received Good Conduct badge 13 July 1917] Discharged as medically unfit 22 February 1919:Kingston [myalgia, lumbago, trench fever] Died 14 December 1937:Bracken, Saskatchewan; buried Climax Cemetery, Maple Creek Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Robert Petrie
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Peverelle, Lewis Shambourg (59796), son of Lewis Henry & Julia Ann (Doyle), was born in Toronto 26 April 1893. A member of the 21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, he enlisted 06 November 1914 in Kingston and sailed from Montreal 06 May 1915, arriving in England 15 May. His unit disembarked at Boulogne, France, 14 September 1915. He was killed in action 24 June 1916 and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. While his name is shown in the Book of Remembrance and inscribed on the Cenotaph, nothing was supplied by the family to the Committee.	Credit: Toronto Star
No photograph available	Peverelle, Oswald Bernard (159713) Born 31 May 1897:Port Hope, s/o Lewis Henry & Julia Ann (Doyle) Residence on enlistment: St. Catharines, Ontario Single, carpenter, enlisted 24 February 1916:St. Catharines [prior service (5 months), 19th Regiment] Served in Canada, UK, France [shrapnel wound left foot 17 April 1918:Rouen] Demobilized 06 July 1919:Toronto Died 26 April 1976:St. Catharines Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Phillips, George (126957) Born 01 June 1880:Port Hope Residence on enlistment: Caledon, Ontario Single, labourer, enlisted 01 October 1915:Erin, Ontario [prior service (4 years) 36th Peel Regiment] Served in Canada, UK, France, & Belgium [received several gunshot wounds to right thigh, left leg & lung, right lung back 1916-1917] Discharged as physically unfit 01 June 1918:Toronto Married : not known Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Pilsworth, Bruce LeRoy, Sergeant (1006503) Born 16 March 1891:Port Hope, s/o Charles Emanuel & Miriam Melissa (Holdaway) Residence on enlistment: Single, pharmaceutical chemist, enlisted 28 May 1916:Timmins, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France, Belgium Demobilized 26 March 1919:Toronto Died 15 December 1923:Englehart, Ontario; buried Welcome Cemetery [auto accident] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Pomfret, William Ernest (412625) was born in Preston, England, 25 June 1886, the son of James & Mary (Bunning). He and his wife, Mary Sandham, emigrated to America in 1913. Their son, Richard Henry Carl, was born in Port Hope in 1914, and daughter, Joan, in 1917. A carpenter, William enlisted at Port Hope 13 February 1915. His military record contains a signed permission note from his wife, and he sailed to England 24 June 1915. A medical examination dated 15 June 1916 at Shorncliffe, England, notes: "Has been doing Orderly Room work. Soft and Flabby - needs training". At 5'6", he weighed 135 pounds! His service was in England and he was demobilized with the rank of Sergeant at Kingston 08 April 1919. He died from tuberculosis 01 March 1923 at the Mowat Sanitarium in Portsmouth, Ontario, his death attributed to his service. He is buried in Port Hope's Union Cemetery. While William's name appears in the Book of Remembrance and is inscribed on the Cenotaph, nothing was supplied by his family to the Committee. Credit: Library and Archives Canada	Evening Guide: 05 Mar 1923
No photograph available	Powell, Arthur Howard (412623), son of James Bradford & Lucy Maria (Larke), was born at Pickering 05 April 1894. He enlisted in Port Hope 22 March 1915 and arrived in England 03 July. He was sent to France with the 21st Battalion 18 November. Arthur died at No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance 24 June 1916 as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. He was buried at Bedford House New Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Powers, Glenn Watkins (805469), son of Fordyce Allen & Carrie (Watkins), was born in Port Hope 03 June 1900. He enlisted with the 136th Battalion in Port Hope 29 February 1916, claiming his birth year to be 1897, but he was discharged 05 June at Barriefield Camp when it was discovered he was only 15. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Powers, William Lafontaine (2128996) Born 10 July 1885:Port Hope, s/o Lafontaine Baldwin & Mary Ann (Trenbeth) Residence on enlistment: Brandon, Manitoba Single, locomotive fitter, drafted 05 January 1918:Brandon Served in Canada, UK, France [05 January 1918 reports "wounded"; also hospitalized 18 August 1918-04 December 1918 for diphtheria] Demobilized 20 April 1919:St. John, NB Married Jeanie Wharry between 1923-1926 Died 03 March 1964:Brandon; buried Brandon Municipal Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: "jandrews961" (Ancestry.ca)	Prout, Alfred Thomas (455143), the son of John & Harriet (Proctor), was born 16 November 1893 in Ivybridge, Devon. The family emigrated to Canada in 1911. Alfred enlisted in Port Hope 28 July 1915, serving in Canada and England for 18 months and France for 36 months. During that time, he married Edith Maude Bennett 18 September 1915 in England. Discharged in April 1919, he returned to Canada and rejoined in Cobourg 01 September. Back in England, he died at 6:10AM 20 September 1919 in Sydenham Military Hospital of "general septicaemia, influenza type". He is buried in Cobourg Cemetery. While Alfred's name appears on the Cenotaph and in the Book of Remembrance, nothing was supplied by his family to the Committee.
No photograph available	Punchke, Frank (805568) was born in Bessarabia, Russia, 02 May 1877, the son of Sofia. The "Particulars of Family", dated 20 July 1916, show that his wife, Maria, was living in Discopse, Russia, and that he had two daughters aged 8 and 12 (presumably also in Russia). He joined the 136th Overseas Battalion in Port Hope 08 Mar 1916, claiming previous military service of 3 years in the Russian Army. He embarked for England 25 August 1916, proceeded to France 01 February 1917, returned to England 12 April 1917, and returned to Canada 15 August 1917. He was awarded the Russian Cross of St. George, 4th class, 14 January 1918 for "Distinguished Conduct in the Field". At Vimy Ridge, Frank received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, fractured left humerus, and a shrapnel wound to the left temple, the latter injury appearing to have led to a diagnosis of insanity. According to his medical record, dated 23 January 1918 This patient has self-centred delusions: he imagines his blood vessels are ruptured and that he has many and varied diseases and complaints. He apparently has hallucinations of touch; complains of headaches and dizziness. Judgment and insight poor. He was admitted to Newmarket Military Hospital 02 March 1918 as a likely-incurable mental patient. He was struck off strength at Toronto 23 March 1918, "in consequence of Medical Unfitness". In the 1921 Ontario census returns, Frank was listed as a patient in Westminster Psychopathic Hospital, built in 1918 to treat and rehabilitate veterans with psychological injuries and shell shock. He died 11 October 1928 and is buried in Winnipeg’s Brookside Cemetery. His name was not included in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 21 Mar 1918
No photograph available	Pym, Charles Arthur (145286), Lieutenant Born 23 October 1893:Port Hope, s/o Charles & Caroline Katherine (Rowden) Residence on enlistment: Lindsay Single, hardware clerk, enlisted 20 October 1915:Rockliffe Camp [prior 1 year 45th Victoria Regiment (Medical staff)] Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW shoulder 28 October 1916] Demobilized 17 June 1919:Ottawa [to reside in Lindsay] Married Florence Catherine McLean 14 July 1920:Lindsay Died 1973:Oshawa; buried Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Pym, Edward (868072) Born 28 November 1885:Port Hope, s/o Edward Sr & Eliza (Carveth) Married Violet Emma Flaxman 02 January 1907:Toronto [one four-year-old daughter, Violet, on enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Traveller, enlisted 20 March 1916:Whitby, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 19 April 1918:Toronto as physically unfit Died 27 March 1938:Toronto; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Raby, Arthur George William (26177) was born 11 August 1891 at Kettering, England, the son of George William Smith & Kathleen (Lumber). The family emigrated to Port Hope around 1911. Prior to enlisting at Valcartier, Quebec, 22 September 1914, he had spent three years with the Royal Canadian Rifles. On three occasions in April and May 1915, while attached to the 14th Battalion, he suffered gunshot wounds to his legs. On 03 June 1916, he was reported missing in action, but later was reported to have been killed at Rouen on that date. His military file reads: "He was killed whilst taking part in an attack at Mount Sorrel". Arthur's name is inscribed on the Menin Gate, Ypres. While his name appears on the Port Hope Cenotaph, he was not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Ralph, Walter Clarence (2379626) Born 15 December 1891:Port Hope, s/o Martin & Mary Jane (Irwin) Residence on enlistment: Winnipeg Single, Dominion Express messenger, drafted 09 January 1918:Winnipeg Served in Canada Demobilized 02 December 1918:Quebec City Married: Single as of 1931 census Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: nephew Richard Randall	Randall, Elmore Russell (2001076), eighth of nine children of Ralph Joseph & Margaret Ellen (Stevenson), was born 18 February 1898 in Port Hope. He enlisted in the Cobourg Heavy Battery 22 September 1917. He was the sole survivor of four men working in an ammunition hut in Belgium when hit by enemy fire 28 March 1918. He was taken to hospital with a GSW to the abdomen, but died of his wounds two days later. He is buried in Etaples Cemetery. He was neither mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Randall, John Percival Maitland (136) Born 07 March 1896:Port Hope, s/o Ralph Joseph & Margaret (Stevenson) Residence on enlistment: Single, painter, enlisted 07 November 1914:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 12 May 1919:Kingston Married Yvonne Bibeau 17 May 1920:Toronto Died 31 August 1951:Massachusetts, US [petitioned for US Naturalization 1942] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rankin, William (3036780) Born 17 December 1886:Port Hope, s/o Robert Jr & Ellen (Liddle) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single [widower of Rhea Battisby], grain buyer, drafted 11 November 1917:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France, Siberia [12 January 1919] Demobilized 16 May 1919:Toronto Married Helen Boulter 31 August 1921:Prince Edward County, Ontario Died 31 March 1965:Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Read, Clarence Edgar (3211178), Sergeant Born 11 January 1886:Port Hope, s/o Henry & Maria Douglas (Gorrie) Residence on enlistment: Calgary, Alberta Single, accountant, drafted 22 May 1918:Calgary Served in Canada Demobilized 31 December 1918:Calgary Married: not known Died 29 October 1972:Winnipeg, buried Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Reid, Eric Noel Lestock, Lieutenant (2353343) Born 21 December 1887:Port Hope, s/o John Lestock & Louisa Anne (Herbert) Residence on enlistment: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Single, postal clerk, enlisted 06 August 1915:Prince Albert Served in Canada, UK, France [gas shell wound 29 May 1918] Demobilized 11 May 1919:Montreal Married Died 24 December 1956:Edmonton, Alberta; buried Beechmount Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rogers, Henry (135077) Born 05 September 1870:Port Hope, believed to be the s/o Henry & Mary Jane (Leach) Married, but separated Residence on enlistment: not stated Salesman, enlisted 21 July 1915:Toronto [previous service, 14 months CMR in South Africa] Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 02 October 1915:Niagara Camp, Ontario, as medically unfit [rheumatism & gout] Died 07 April 1917:Toronto; buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rogers, William Wright (523487) Born 03 February 1890:Port Hope, s/o William & Christine (Campbell) Residence on enlistment: Strathcona, Alberta Single, school teacher, enlisted 26 December 1916:Edmonton, Alberta [in spite of flat feet] Served in Canada, UK [influenza November 1918] Demobilized 12 February 1919:Ottawa Married Blanche Edith Cox 1923:Edmonton Died 07 November 1968:Edmonton Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rosevear, James McCallum (916022) Born 15 August 1874:Port Hope, s/o Matthew & Jane (McCallum) Married Bertha May Clark 04 July 1896:Toronto [5 children at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Stock keeper, enlisted 10 February 1916:Toronto Served in Canada Discharged 07 March 1917:Toronto as medically unfit [defective eyesight; pulmonary tuberculosis] Died 02 July 1955:Toronto; buried Prospect Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: L.C. (Findagrave.com)
No photograph available	Ross, Thomas Urquhart, Lieutenant Born 13 January 1878:Port Hope, s/o Benjamin Peter & Elizabeth Phoebe (Perks) Married Margaret Irene Guy 08 September 1903:Cobourg [3 daughters at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Edmonton Salesman, enlisted 06 December 1915:Strathcona, Alberta Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW left foot 03 June 1917] Demobilized 1919 Died 11 March 1944:Edmonton Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rosser, Alfred (412630) was born 29 September 1876 in Bedminster, Bristol, England. Prior to his 23 February 1915 enlistment in Port Hope, he was a labourer married to Lydia Beatrice Daniels. He was shipped overseas 24 June 1915 and promoted to sergeant in the field 21 April 1917. Alfred was transferred to England 05 August 1918 as "being over 50 years of age and considered not fully capable of carrying on with duties in the field - posted to Canadian General Depot at Shorncliffe". He was discharged 27 December 1918 in Toronto, having been found medically unfit. He died of tuberculosis in Toronto 25 September 1925 and is buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope. While Alfred's name appears in the Book of Remembrance and on the Cenotaph, nothing was supplied by his family to the Committee.	Evening Guide:26 Sep 1925
No photograph available	Rowcliffe, William Chaple (3317103) Born 25 September 1884:Port Hope, s/o William Chaple & Caroline (Heard) Residence on enlistment: Osaca, Ontario Single, CNR trackman, drafted 08 January 1918:Oshawa Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 16 June 1919:Ottawa Died 10 May 1965:Deer Lodge Hospital, St. James, Manitoba; buried Brookside Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Rowden, Frank Howard (868325) Born 11 January 1887:Port Hope, s/o Alfred Howard Lapotte & Mary Ann (Callaghan) [His choice of the surname "Rowden" may have been a preference for his mother's surname when married to her first hisband, John Rowden.] Residence on enlistment: Oshawa Single, tinsmith, enlisted 27 June 1916:Oshawa Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 02 December 1916:Oshawa, as medically unfit Died 18 March 1952:Oshawa Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Findagrave.com	Rowe, Ernest Daniel, Lieutenant, son of Henry Richard & Elizabeth Jane (Hall), was born in Orono 07 April 1892. An unmarried Port Hope accountant, he enlisted with the 136th Battalion in Port Hope 25 March 1916, and departed Halifax for Liverpool 25 September. He arrived in Le Havre, France, 25 November. Beginning in March 1917, Ernest spent considerable time in hospital with influenza before returning to Canada in August for further medical care. A Medical Board review 25 July diagnosed him with typhoid nephritis. He was discharged from service 13 February 1919 by reason of being medically unfit. Ernest passed away 14 February 1920 and is buried in Orono Cemetery. His military record states that his death was "not due to service". There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Rowe, Victor Robert John (3058545) Born 05 January 1896:Port Hope, s/o Mark & Helen (Simpson) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, farmer, drafted 08 May 1918:Kingston Served in Canada Demobilized 09 September 1918:Kingston Married Ilia Elizabeth Gall 02 January 1922:Cobourg Died 03 January 1966; buried Port Hope Union Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Russell, William J. (3230322) Born 05 June 1891:Port Hope, s/o John William & Margaret Mildred (Thompson) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, teamster, drafted 05 January 1918:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France [influenza 29 November 1918] Demobilized 10 May 1919:Toronto Married: not known Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Cathy Rutter	Rutter, Norman (724568) Born 08 July 1896:Port Hope, s/o Thomas George & Clara Lena (Bowins) Residence on enlistment: Coboconk, Ontario Single, labourer, enlisted 12 November 1915:Lindsay Served in Canada, UK, France [Absent from 25 June-05 July 1917; sentenced to death for desertion; sentence commuted/released from military prison 06 November 1917] Demobilized 16 June 1919:Ottawa Married Alma Barnum 16 April 1924:Coboconk Died 10 January 1979:Lindsay; buried Laxton Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Cathy Rutter	Rutter, Thomas George (724148) Born 06 April 1859:Port Hope, s/o Thomas & Sarah Jane (Cooper) [claimed YOB as 1871 on attestation papers] H/o Clara Lena Bowins c1890 [married Mary Ann (Fox) Burnett 1934] Residence on enlistment: Coboconk, Ontario Labourer, enlisted 23 March 1916:Coboconk Served in Canada Discharged 28 July 1916:Kingston, as medically unfit [overage: "7 years too old for service"] Died 03 February 1948:Coboconk Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Ryan, Clarence Elmer (83712) Born 01 September 1893:Port Hope, s/o David & David Rasho & Mary Lamonia (Lonsberry) Residence on enlistment: St. Catharines, Ontario Single, paper maker, enlisted 30 November 1914:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Died of wounds received in action 19 July 1916 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph
No photograph available	Ryan, Harold Joseph (847425) Born 27 August 1894:Port Hope, s/o Thomas Henry & Catherine (Sullivan) Residence on enlistment: Montreal Single, labourer, enlisted 11 February 1916:Montreal Served in Canada, UK Discharged 10 January 1918:Montreal as medically unfit [asthma since 1906] Married: not known Died 23 March 1939:Montreal; buried Notre-Dame Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Sackville, Alfred John (883451) Born 05 February 1876:Port Hope, s/o John & Sarah Jane (Cruse) Married Georgina Nelson 1905 [3 sons at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Red Deer, Alberta Rancher, enlisted 27 June 1916:Red Deer, Alberta Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 26 June 1919 Died 26 January 1968:Calgary; buried Queen's Park Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Calgary Herald, 29 January 1968
No photograph available	Scarboro, Richard (10194) Born 20 April 1896:Port Hope, s/o Edward & Minnie (Cochrane) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, automobile repairer, enlisted 28 September 1914:Rimouski, Quebec Served in Canada, UK, France [wounded left side May 1915; concussion from shell explosion June 1915 (image right0] Discharged 01 October 1915:Quebec as medically unfit Married Isa Pearl Wilkinson 15 June 1918:Timiskaming Died: not known Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Report of 26 May 1915 event Credit: Library & Archives Canada
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Schooling, Joseph William (412063) was born 23 March 1892 in Romford, East London, Essex, England, the son of Joseph & Hepther (Potter). He enlisted with the 37th Battalion at Port Hope 22 March 1915 and left Montreal for Europe on the SS Missanabie 17 June. During his service in England and France, he suffered from numerous middle ear infections and bronchitis. He died of wounds resulting from a gas shell bombardment 05 July 1917 and was buried in Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, near Arras. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
Credit: John Jeffrey	Scott, Herbert Roy (453127) Born 08 April 1898:Port Hope, s/o Liscar & Lillian (McNight) Residence on enlistment: New Park, Ontario Single, farmer, enlisted 30 June 1915:Niagara Camp Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 31 March 1919:Toronto Married Gladys Irene Harrison 11 November 1920:Whitby, Ontario Died 1974:Seagrave; buried Little Britain, Ontario Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Sculthorpe, Walker (Wick) (3056320) Born 25 May 1896:Port Hope, s/o Walker James & Augusta Emma (Kinsman) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, butcher, enlisted 23 January 1918:Kingston Served in Canada [mumps in February 1918; chickenpox in March of 1918] Demobilized 28 February 1920:Cobourg Married Vera Lurena Thursa Ford 07 June 1922:Hope Township Died 21 August 1982:Port Hope; buried Union Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Sculthorpe, Walker James (805771), son of Robert Elias & Eleanor (Walker), was born at Port Hope 07 March 1868. He was the husband of Augusta Emma Kinsman. (His military file is under "Walter James".) Before his 24 May 1916 enlistment at Port Hope with the 136th Battalion, he had served one year with the 46th Regiment. He was discharged from the service 30 June at Barriefield Camp as physically unfit, likely due to his age. There is no mention of Walker in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Smith, Marcus Everett (3317692) Born 15 April 1895:Port Hope, s/o Marcus Ferris & Caroline Elizabeth (Hawkins) Residence on enlistment: Oshawa Single, manufacturer, drafted 08 May 1918:Oshawa Served in Canada Discharged 16 May 1918:Oshawa to join the Royal Air Force Married Margaret Alexandra Luke 15 April 1925:Oshawa Died 27 August 1925:Simcoe; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Smith, Samuel Sidney (2706192) Born 08 January 1865:Port Hope, s/o William & Ellen (Moore) Married Ethel Maria Stephenson 22 July 1890:West Toronto Junction Residence on enlistment: Vernon, BC Railroad man, enlisted 10 December 1918:Vernon [previous service 30th B.C. Horse] Served in Canada Demobilized 12 May 1920:Victoria, BC Died 30 January 1924:Vernon (image right) Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Undated 1924 Vernon newspaper Credit: S_Reese68 (Ancestry.ca)
No photograph available	Smith, Wallace Burdick (102463), Sergeant Born 10 April 1863:Port Hope, s/o Joseph Shuter & Elizabeth Hall (Ward) Married Carrie Augusta Teter 18 July 1890:NYC [3 children at time of enlistment. Divorced c1910, when he married Ruth M. Smith 01 August 1910:Seattle, Washington] Residence on enlistment: Seattle, Washington, US Manufacturer, enlisted 08 September 1915:Victoria, BC [prior service, 1 year with 46th Regiment] Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 09 August 1918:Victoria, as physically unfit "in consequence of being over-age." Claimed YOB as 1873 on attestation papers. Died 07 July 1939 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Smith, William John (455215) Born 25 May 1881:Port Hope, s/o William & Sarah Jane (Pearse) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, labourer, enlisted 10 August 1915:Kingston Served in Canada Discharged by purchase 04 November 1915:Kingston Married: unknown Died: unknown Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Smith, William John (2327529) Born 26 November 1891:Port Hope, s/o Joseph & Jane (Black) [brother of Harvey Smart Smith] Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, enameler, enlisted 07 December 1917:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 12 May 1919:Kingston [to reside in Port Hope] Died 13 January 1962:Port Hope; butried St. John's Anglican Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Smykowsky, John (805648), born 21 May 1890 in Russia, was a Port Hope resident with his wife, Mary. He was a railway sectionman when he enlisted 29 May 1916 with the 136th Battalion, claiming previous military service with the 2nd Battalion Artillery in Russia. His military record is brief: "Away without leave since 02 July 1916". He was discharged from Valcartier Camp as a deserter 04 September. There is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Somers, William Robert (455492) Born 04 February 1886:Port Hope, s/o William & Carry (Froom) Married Home Child Constance Muriel Rostron 04 February 1913:Belleville Residence on enlistment: Peterborough, Ontario Tinsmith, enlisted 24 August 1915:Peterborough Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 08 October 1916:France; buried Regina Trench Cemetery, Courcelette (image right) Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	Sowden, Felix Musgrave, Captain Born 10 February 1882:Port Hope, s/o Robert George & Cordelia (Powers) Residence on enlistment: not stated Civil servant, enlisted 05 October 1915:Niagara, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 03 June 1919:Ottawa Listed in the 1931 Ottawa census as an unmarried post office accountant Died 22 April 1956:Toronto; buried St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Ottawa Journal, 23 April 1956
Credit: Newcastle & District Historical Society Newsletter (#125)	Sowden, Oscar George (805329), the fifth of seven children of William & Susan (Waggott) of Newtonville, was born 19 July 1900. He enlisted with the 136th Battalion in Port Hope 07 February 1916 and sailed from Halifax 25 September 1916, landing at Liverpool 06 October. He was transferred to the 87th Battalion 06 December. Admitted to hospital at the beginning of April 1917, he died of bronchopneumonia 03 May at Rouen. He is buried at St. Venant Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was not included in either the Book of Remembrance nor on the Port Hope Cenotaph.
No photograph available	Sowden, Sanford Boswell (645657) Born 08 September 1885:Port Hope, s/o Joseph Sanford & Caroline Alberta (Boswell) Residence on enlistment: Vancouver Single, retail clerk enlisted 01 February 1916:Vancouver Served in Canada, UK, France [influenza 17 May-01 June 1917] Demobilized 04 February 1919:Vancouver Married Florence Marion Aubrey 19 April 1924:Vancouver Died 09 June 1951:Victoria, BC Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: J. Clements
In France 1918 Credit: Rupert Farinella	Spratlin, Frederick John, Lance Corporal (138974) Born 15 June 1881:Port Hope, s/o Frederick Conley & Mary Margaret (Bayley) Married Mary Ethel Bolton 18 Apr 1906:Toronto Residence on enlistment: Toronto Tile layer, enlisted 26 August 1915:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 08 August 1918:Somme MILITARY MEDAL During the attack on FRESNOY on May 3rd, 1917 this man, who is a stretcher-bearer, went out under heavy rifle and machine gun fire to attend to wounded men, and though persistently sniped by both rifle and machine gun fire, he held his ground and did not return to the trenches until he had ascertained that all the wounded in his area had been attended to. 21-5-1917 BAR TO MILITARY MEDAL This man is recommended for most remarkable gallantry during the attack on PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE on November 6th, when he went out from the vicinity time after time under an exceptionally heavy barrage and a very heavy snipers' fire, and dressed wounded and dragged them to shelter from whence as soon as darkness permitted he collected them and despatched them to the Dressing Station. His work throughout the entire engagement was absolutely marvellous and has been the comment of all his company 13th November 1917 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ottawa Journal, 26 May 1944	Squires, Frank Stephen (91841) Born 12 April 1897:Port Hope, s/o Stephen Palmer & Frances Matilda (Wood) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, clerk, enlisted 18 June 1915:Cobourg [military file as 'Frank Sylvester Squires'] Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 20 May 1919 Married Annie May Muriel Sidey 02 July 1924:Toronto Enlisted with the 24th Battery, RCA, 25 September 1941:North Bay, Ontario, Reg't No: B10167 Died 15 May 1944:Debert, NS; buried Prospect Cemetery, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	Stacey, Percy James (3139458) Born 03 June 1895:Port Hope, s/o George & Emily Florence (Hall) Residence on enlistment: Chatham, Ontario Single, butcher, drafted 15 July 1918:London, Ontario Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 10 October 1918 Married Annie Tamer Coatsworth 27 January 1925:Charing Cross Village, Ontario Died 18 May 1946:Highland Park, Michigan; buried Chatham Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Staple, Percy Everett (260553) Born 15 February 1897:Port Hope, s/o William Wesley & Susan Emeline (Keeler) Residence on enlistment: Ritchie, Saskatchewn Single, farmer, drafted 11 May 1918:Regina Served in Canada, UK [influenza 03 Oct-24 Oct 1918] Demobilized 23 June 1919:London, Ontario Married Eula McDonald (nee Ford) & Myrtle Audrey Patriquin Died 24 January 1977: buried Edmonton Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Stegman, Thomas Hammond, Captain, son of Elizabeth Matilda (Hammond) of Stratford & late Thomas Charles Stegman, was born in Toronto 21 May 1883. He was living in Port Hope at the time of his enlistment. An unmarried department manager with the T. Eaton Co., he enlisted/was appointed to his rank of Lieutenant in Ottawa 15 January 1915. He arrived in England 03 July 1916 and was sent to France with the 20th Battalion 18 November. Thomas was awarded the Military Cross 31 May 1918 and was promoted to temporary Captain 15 December. He returned to Canada 13 May 1919 and was demobilised 24 May with the rank of Captain. Thomas married Jean Allen in Toronto 26 October 1921 and had a daughter, Dorothy. He passed away 27 April 1937 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. There is no mention of Thomas in the Book of Remembrance.
No photograph available	Tarrington, James (59951), son of James & Jane (Burrows), was born in Taunton, Devonshire, 30 August 1876. He married Lily Lizzette Lake 06 August 1900 in Somerset. In 1907, James, Lily, and their three children emigrated to Canada. He was working as a bricklayer in Port Hope when he enlisted into the 21st Battalion 09 November 1914 in Kingston, sailing from Montreal 06 May 1915. He disembarked in Boulogne, France, 15 September 1915, proceeding to St. Omer. During his time in France, where his military file indicates his conduct and character as "very good", he seems to have developed a series of ailments, being treated from 04 December 1915-21 March 1916 for sciatica, bronchitis, lumbago, myalgia, and rheumatism. As these were not previous complaints, they were attributed to the trench conditions Patient was at the front since September, in the trenches a good deal of that time. Trenches full of water and patient was drenched to knees most of time. James returned to Kingston for his 20 October 1916 discharge from the 21st Battalion as medically unfit. He died, age 42, of pneumonia at Toronto's Grace Hospital 20 April 1918, leaving Lily with eight children. On 04 September 1919, Lily died of an embolism. Both are buried in Toronto's Prospect Cemetery. The Tarrington children were reported to have been separated and raised by various family members and friends. While James' appears in the Book of Remembrance and on the Cenotaph, nothing was supplied by his family to the Committee.	Evening Guide: 22 Apr 1918
No photograph available	Tink, William John (3056670) Born 10 December 1896:Port Hope, s/o William James & Jessie (Watson) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, baker, drafted 12 February 1918:Kingston Served in Canada Demobilized 09 September 1918:Kingston [to reside in Port Hope] Married Katherine E. Kennedy 06 August 1924:Rochester, NY Died August 1962:Rochester, NY; buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Livonia, NY Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Toof, William Francis Edward (3106197) Born 21 October 1895:Port Hope, s/o Edward & Sarah (Grant) Residence on enlistment: Rochester,NY Single, labourer, enlisted 17 December 1917:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 15 July 1919:Toronto Married: unknown Died: unknown Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Townsend, Stephen Harold (3231303) Born 22 November 1894:Port Hope, s/o Stephen & Elizabeth Ann (Crowhurst) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, mechanic, enlisted 22 January 1918:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France, Belgium [wounded 08 November 1918 Demobilized 26 December 1919:Toronto Died 22 February 1945:Port Hope; buried Welcome Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Trew, Fred Lewellan "Wellington" (195621) Born 07 July 1896:Port Hope, s/o William C. & Mary Maud (Peacock) Residence on enlistment: Bridgenorth, Ontario Single, labourer, enlisted 31 January 1916:Peterborough Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW right arm/scalp wound 12 November 1917; left forearm 18 August 1918:Rouen] Demobilized 28 March 1919:Kingston [to reside in Peterborough] Married Vera Viola Douglas 01 May, 1920:Detroit, Michigan [divorced 01 February 1928; remarried to Blanche Marie Huff 29 November 1928:Durand, Michigan] Died 11 April 1961:Southfield, Michigan; buried Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Michigan Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Turnbull, George Edward (805077), aka George Edward Hunt, was born March 1899 in Bournemouth, England, the youngest of four sons of Rev. Robert & Margaret (Hall). The family emigrated to St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1911. George, an unmarried Port Hope labourer, enlisted under the surname of "Hunt" (also claiming inexplicably that his parents were his aunt and uncle) 05 January 1916 at Port Hope. He arrived in England on the SS Corsican 06 October 1916. His service records list treatment for a shrapnel wound to his left wrist in April 1917, a trial for being AWOL in May 1918 (resulting in 70 days of FP#1 and 30 days pay), trench fever and a bout with influenza in June 1918, and a bout with influenza in June 1918. He spent a month with the 182nd Tunnelling Co. before joining the 87th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment of the Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action in France 02 September 1918 and was buried in Drury Mill British Cemetery near Arras, France. While his name is inscribed on the Memorial Park Cenotaph at St. Catharines, George appears neither in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Port Hope Cenotaph.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Turner, Roland (195329) was born 25 May 1895 in London, England, and at some time prior to 1907 was placed into the Fegan Home. In May of that year, he emigrated as part of a group of boys to the Distributing Centre in Toronto where eventually he would find himself a foster child of William & Annie (Kirkpatrick) McMillan of Elizabethville, Ontario. A farm labourer, he enlisted 22 November 1915 in Peterborough, where he was assigned to the 5th Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment). Roland left Halifax on the Empress of Britain 15 July 1916, arriving in Liverpool 25 July. He was sent to France 08 August with the B Company, 93rd Battalion, and on 30/31 October 1917 was killed in action. There was a memorial service held in Elizabethville in November of that year. As there is no known burial spot for him, his name is inscribed on the Menin Gate, Ypres. His name is neither in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada Evening Guide: 21 Nov 1917
Credit: Marika Pirie	Tutton, Angus Neil (268854) Born 11 December 1898:Port Hope, s/o Neil Bruce & Edith Alberta Philippe (Wood) Residence on enlistment: not stated Single, cook, enlisted 10 August 1915:Niagara Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 26 September 1918:Inchy, France Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph
No photograph available	Tutton, Stewart Edgar (142011) Born 24 August 1896:Port Hope, s/o Neil & Edith (Wood) Residence on enlistment: Oshawa Single, cone maker, enlisted 10 August 1915:Niagara-on-the-Lake Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW left leg 08 August 1918] Demobilized 21 January 1919:Toronto Married Mary Dulcie Reece 08 August 1923:Oshawa Died 24 October 1969; buried Oshawa Union Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Vincent, Erland Erlandsen (721485) Born 08 April 1873:Port Hope, s/o & Residence on enlistment: Stonewall,Dorset, Ontario Farmer, enlisted 01 January 1916:Winnipeg [claimed to be married on his attestation papers] Married Susannah Harriet Graham 10 July 1916:Winnipeg Served in Canada, UK [influenza 28 June-18 July 1918] Demobilized 18 April 1919 Died 04 September 1940:Stonewall, Manitoba [death attributed to service] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Canada War Graves Register
No photograph available	Wade, Robert Henry (1260520) Born 09 October 1899:Port Hope, s/o Mathew & Eliza (Grey) Residence on enlistment: Cobourg Single, delivery,enlisted 19 April 1916:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 07 April 1919:Toronto Died 09 September 1922:Mowat Sanitarium, Portsmouth, Ontario [of pulmonary tuberculosis; death atttributed to service] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Canada War Graves Register
Credit: grandson Paul Waghorn	Waghorn, Francis Thomas George (45534), eldest of three children of George Penfold & Kate (Mills), was born 04 April 1893 in New Brompton, Kent, England. It would appear that he arrived in Canada in 1910. His Record of Service, dated 29 March 1921 in Ottawa, summarizes his wartime career: This is to certify that Lieutenant Frank Waghorn, M.C., D.C.M., M.M. & Bar, enlisted in the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade as 45534 (Private) on the 22nd day of September, 1914, and was appointed to a commissioned rank in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps 24-3-18; proceeded to England 1-10-14: landed in France 17-6-15; awarded Military Medal, authority London Gazette No. 29608 dated 3-6-16; Bar to Military Medal, authority London Gazette No. 30172 dated 9-7-17; gassed 18-8-17; left for England 18-12-17; awarded D.C.M. authority London Gazette No. 30555 dated 4-3-18; arrived in France as Lieutenant 3-5-18; gunshot wound both thighs 2-9-18 [at Villers-les-Cagnicourt, machine gun bullet]; awarded Military Cross, authority London Gazette No. 30997 dated 19-11-18; invalided to England 7-10-18; invalided to Canada 8-8-19; discharged 8-12-19 in consequence of Medical Unfitness. Frank left Canada in 1921 and married Constance Muriel King 05 January 1922 in London, returning to Canada intending to remain permanently. Records indicate Port Hope residency 1942-the late 1950s. By 1964, he had returned to England. After Constance died in 1965, he married Lillian Foulsham in 1965. He passed away in Lymington, Hampshire, 12 March 1975. There is a commemorative plaque in St. Mark's Anglican Church in Port Hope. Frank was not included in the Book of Remembrance.	Evening Guide: 25 April 2000
No photograph available	Wannamaker, John Murray (3055018) Born 10 April 1871:Port Hope, s/o Albert Wellington & Mary A. (Blanchard) Residence on enlistment: Trenton Single, cook, enlisted 14 October 1915:Cobourg Served in Canada Discharged 04 September 1917:Kingston as physically unfit & over-age Died: unknown Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Nancy Wright	Wansbrough, William Roland (3033559) Born 27 January 1897:Port Hope, s/o William & Annie (Wright) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, tile setter, drafted 18 February 1918:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Died of wounds 10 October 1918, France [GSW to head] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	Ware, Leo Gordon (2327304) Born 31 July 1898:Port Hope, s/o Richard & Florence Eva (Fletcher) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, dry goods clerk, enlisted 25 March 1917:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 02 April 1919:Toronto Married Alma Schutt 29 August 1936:Lucas, Ohio Died 07 July 1997:Ohio Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Watson, Clarence Herbert Dean, Lieutenant Born 11 April 1893:Port Hope, s/o Thomas George & Harriet Mary (Dean) Residence on enlistment: Port Hope Single, student, enlisted 25 September 1914:Valcartier Served in Canada, UK, France [wounded 1916 & 1917; appendicitis operation 12 August 1916] Demobilized 06 September 1919:Ottawa Married Myrtle Adelle Williams 16 September 1920:Toronto Died 29 October 1976; buried Union Cemetery, Port Hope Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Watt, Victor David (2115566) Born 06 February 1892:Port Hope, s/o David & Mary Ann (Lightle) Residence on enlistment: Bredenbury, Saskatchewan Single, trainman,enlisted 18 September 1917:Winnipeg Served in Canada, UK, France [16 October 1918: GSW head, left arm, right leg] Demobilized 17 February 1919:Regina Married Jean F. MacLennan 1932 Died 1979:Saskatchewan Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Donna Stock	Watt, William (809117) Born 11 May 1887:Port Hope, s/o George & Hannah (Holder) Residence on enlistment: Calgary Single, farmer, enlisted 22 March 1916:Calgary Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW right leg, head 1917; right knee 1918] Demobilized 04 September 1918:Calgary Married Nancy Coleman 28 October 1922:Calgary Died 24 August 1934:Calgary Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Linda Waldow	Way, John Benjamin, Captain Born 10 December 1865:Port Hope, s/o John Hatherly & Charlotte Elizabeth (Beall) Residence on enlistment: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Railway agent, enlisted 03 August 1918: Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 10 July 1919:Ottawa Married Rebecca Johnson 28 September 1887:Nipissing, Ontario Died 09 July 1939:Algoma, Ontario Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Weatherilt, William James (455405) Born 03 January 1872:Hope Twp., s/o William Joseph & Maria Louisa (Dunn) [likely YOB was 1867] Residence on enlistment: Single, cheesemaker, enlisted 29 July 1915:Cobourg Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 29 March 1916:Brockville, as medically unfit Died 17 March 1921; buried Graham's Cemetery, near Bethany, Ontario [unmarried] Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Stephen Welch	Welch, Hector Forest (135600) Born 13 March 1889:Port Hope, s/o Edward & Sarah Jane (Wilson) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, boiler maker, enlisted 26 July 1915:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 08 August 1919:Halifax Married Florence Mabel Hines 12 February 1919:Bristol, England Died 19 April 1967:Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Philip Nunley	White, Arthur Ogilvy (91858), Lieutenant Born 07 August 1890:Port Hope, s/o Henry Rumford & Annie Craig (Manson) Residence on enlistment: Montreal Single, bank clerk, enlisted 10 July 1915:Montreal Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 12 May 1920:Ottawa Married Audrey Isabel Patricia Buchanan 07 September 1927:Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec Died 15 August 1965:Montreal Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: 21st Battalion.ca	White, George Patrick (60054), son of James, was born 25 August 1896 in Chatham, England. His attestation papers show his next-of-kin as Mrs. Sarah Ferguson of Hagerman Street, Port Hope. A single farmer, he enlisted with the 21st Battalion 06 November 1914 at Kingston and arrived in France 15 September 1915. He died of bronchopneumonia as a result of influenza and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He is shown in the Book of Remembrance, but is not on the Cenotaph.	Evening Guide: 26 Jan 1916
No photograph available	Whitehead, George (805247), was born 25 February 1892 at South Shields, England. He arrived with a Barnardo Home group at Quebec City 28 July 1900. On his 01 January 1916 enlistment papers with the 136th Battalion at Port Hope, he was an unmarried farm labourer living in Bethany, Cavan Township. He arrived in England 06 October 1916 and was sent to France 14 November. George was admitted to No. 13 Canadian Field Ambulance 01 March 1917 with a shrapnel wound to the chest and returned to duty on the 20th. He was awarded the Military Medal "...for bravery in the field" 11 May 1917. He was killed in action with the 75th Battalion three months later at Vimy 08 June 1917. His name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, but he was not listed in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph. A detailed artical about him, courtesy of British Home Child, can be found here.	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
No photograph available	Whitehead, Jack Cheshire (108603) Born 09 September 1877:Port Hope, s/o Charles James & Elsie Mary (Cheshire) Residence on enlistment: Medicine Hat, Alberta Single, CPR policeman, enlisted 15 January 1915:Medicine Hat Served in Canada, UK Discharged 30 September 1916:Quebec City as medically unfit Married Myrtle May Black 18 September 1929:Toronto Died 25 February 1954 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Wilby, John Albert (805504) Born 30 August 1879:Fenella, s/o Samuel & Emma Mariah (Mann) Married Minnie Mary Mortimer 05 September 1913:Camborne, Ontario Residence on enlistment: RR4, Cobourg Farmer, enlisted 09 March 1916:Port Hope Served in Canada Discharged 02 July 1916:Port Hope, as physically unfit Died 25 February 1930; buried Grafton Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Susan Wilkinson	Wilkinson, Joseph Edward (669903) Born 22 July 1885:Port Hope, s/o Frederick & Margaret (Barnes) Married Sarah Thwaites 08 July 1911:Toronto [4 children on enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Toronto Mechanic, enlisted 01 March 1916:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW right knee 29 July 1917] Discharged 18 March 1919 as medically unfit Died 11 October 1934:Toronto; buried Prospect Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Williams, Alman Clare, Major Born 04 November 1876:Port Hope, s/o William Henry & Rachel M. (Roblin) Married Anna Greer McCallan 21 November 1906:Winnipeg Residence on enlistment: Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Barrister, enlisted 29 December 1914:Winnipeg Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 26 September 1916 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
No photograph available	Williams, Roy Manley (830312) Born 12 August 1893:Port Hope, s/o Walter & Loretta (Chislett) Residence on enlistment: Winnipeg Single, bookkeeper enlisted 03 April 1916:Winnipeg Served in Canada, UK [appendicitis & diphtheria 1916] Demobilized 13 July 1919:Halifax Married Ella May Thomson prior to 1926 Died 31 July 1968:Winnipeg Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Williams, William Charles (772508) Born 19 September 1872:Port Hope, s/o William & Mariah (Duclain) Widowed [4 children at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Brantford, Ontario Railroader, enlisted 27 December 1915:Brantford Served in Canada, UK, France [influenza 28 May-11 June 1919] Demobilized 26 July 1919 [to reside in Brantford] Died: unknown Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Williamson, Howard Kelly (853514) Born 28 March 1877:Port Hope, s/o Benjamin Alexander & Mary Stephens (Libby) Married Sarah Elizabeth Robertson 04 December 1911:Simcoe [one daughter at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Collingwood, Ontario Iron worker, enlisted 05 June 1916:Collingwood Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 25 February 1919:Toronto as medically unfit [trench fever, general condition] Died 14 February 1937:Collingwood Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Willis, John Sommerville, Lieutenant Born 10 April 1891:Port Hope, s/o John L. & Anna Frances (Boulton) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, student, enlisted 26 January 17 July 1915:Dauphin, Manitoba Served in Canada, UK, France [numerous GSWs - arm, knee, scrotum] Demobilized 28 January 1919 Married Mary (Fleck) 26 June 1924:Toronto Died 13 January 1970:Barbados Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Wilson, Edward Bruce (240684) Born 15 April 1898:Port Hope, s/o Eliza Jane Residence on enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario Single, file cutter, enlisted 06 November 1916:Hamilton Served in Canada, UK, France Demobilized 25 January 1919:Toronto Married Laura Peral Manzer Died 12 October 1979, Port Hope; buried Union Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Wilson, William George (805741), was born in Beachburg, Ontario, 13 June 1895, the son of Alfred & Alice (Milliken) of Otter Lake,Quebec. He was living with his parents when he enlisted, an unmarried farmer, with the 136th Battalion at Port Hope 01 May 1916. William sailed from Halifax 25 September on the SS Corsican, arriving at Liverpool 06 October. He was sent to France 18 April 1917, where he was killed in action 03 May. While his name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, there is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
Credit: The Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Wilson, William James (305040), son of James & Eliza Jane (Stoddart), was born 13 April 1890 in Port Hope. A single farmer with previous military involvement with the 40th Regiment, he enlisted with the 120th City of Hamilton Battalion, Canadian Infantry, 17 September 1915 in Hamilton and sailed for England from Halifax 14 August 1916. Following a bout of influenza (1916) and two cases of trench fever (1917, 1918), he was killed in action with the 19th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment, in France 27 August 1918. He is buried in Windmill British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais. He is not shown in the Book of Remembrance, but is inscribed on the Cenotaph.	Evening Guide: 12 Sep 1918
No photograph available	Wilton, Thomas George (1039322) Born 03 April 1876:Port Hope, s/o Thomas & Mary Ann (Hancock) Married Clara Best 15 November 1888:Clarksburg, Ontario [34 children at time of enlistment] Residence on enlistment: Rimby, Alberta Blacksmith, enlisted 09 August 1916:Calgary Served in Canada, UK, France Discharged 27 July 1918:Calgary, as medically unfit [overage, general debility] Died 21 April 1958:Rimby Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Wood, Harold James, Captain Born 05 April 1892:Port Hope, s/o Frank & Sarah Jane (McGeary) Residence on enlistment: Single, bank accountant, enlisted 27 November 1914:Toronto Served in Canada, UK, France [GSW severe, chest, left shoulder 18 August 1917] Awarded the Military Cross 18 October 1917 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. After reaching his objective and consolidating his position, he ascertained that the troops on his flank were held up. He personally conducted a bombing party along the trench, clearing it of the enemy, and enabling these troops to attain their final objective. In this operation he displayed exceptional courage and determination, personally accounting for several of the enemy, and by his skilful direction secured prisoners, and completely broke up all resistance. He was seriously wounded while successfully repelling a hostile counter-attack, but continued with his men until he became so exhausted that he had to be carried out. His leadership and example at all times was a splendid incentive to his men." Demobilized 03 July 1919 Died 03 February 1951:Montreal Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance	Credit: Library & Archives Canada
Credit: Canadian Virtual War Memorial	Wood, Hilliard (724304) Born 01 September 1896:Port Hope, s/o Joseph & Louisa (Goodman) Residence on enlistment: Minden Single, farmer, enlisted 16 August 1916:Oxney Camp, England Served in Canada, UK, France Killed in action 11 October 1918 Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph
No photograph available	Woodhouse, Arthur Sutherland Pigott (3034779) Born 27 September 1895:Port Hope, s/o John Arthur & Kate (Hogg) Residence on enlistment: Toronto Single, student, drafted 11 April 1918:Toronto Served in Canada Discharged 30 November 1918:Toronto, as medically unfit Died 1964:Toronto; buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery Not mentioned in the Book of Remembrance
No photograph available	Wootton, John Bosigg (805199), was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, son of John & Sarah Jane, 01 July 1888. He was living in Blackstock when he enlisted, an unmarried chaffeur, with the 136th Battalion at Port Hope 21 January 1916. John sailed from Halifax on the SS Corsican, arriving at England 06 October. By the beginning of 1917, he was in France and had been promoted to sergeant. Serving with the 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry, he was reported missing and then declared killed in action 09 April 1917 at the first day of the battle at Vimy Ridge. While John's name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, there is no mention of him in the Book of Remembrance nor on the Cenotaph.
Evening Guide: 28 Nov 1917	Yates, William Lawrence (805317) was born in Perrytown, Ontario, the son of Rowland Charles & Alvina Jane (Hearns), 17 July 1894. On 07 February 1916, he enlisted with the 136th Battalion in Port Hope. He sailed to England 25 September. An acting Corporal, he requested he be made a private so that he could be sent to France. On 16 June 1917, he arrived at Etaples, joining the 21st Battalion. A day after moving into the front lines at Passchendaele, he took shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and died at the No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station 04 November 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. While his name appears in the Book of Remembrance and on the Cenotaph, nothing was supplied by his family to the Committee.	Evening Guide: 28 Nov 1917

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