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First World War

 

Roll of Honour

Kennedy Gideon Francis Baldwin

CORPORAL BALDWIN, born at Bathurst, New Brunswick, March 14, 1896. Home in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Joined Dalhousie, New Brunswick branch, February 7, 1912. Enlisted from Dalhousie branch, in the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles, March 19, 1915. Also served with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Killed in action at Ypres, June 2, 1916.

Herbert Dalling Barlee

PRIVATE BARLEE, born at Lakefield, Ontario, November 25, 1897. Home in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Joined Grand Forks branch, October 16, 1914. Enlisted from Grand Forks branch, in the 196th Battalion, July 10, 1916. Drafted into the 46th Battalion. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, April 12, 1917.

Sheppard James Barwis

PRIVATE BARWIS, born at Calgary, Alberta, May 29, 1892. Home in Innisfail, Alberta. Joined Vancouver, Cordova Street branch, November 10, 1909. Enlisted from Victoria, Fort Street branch, in 143rd Battalion in 1916. Present at Vimy, Passchendaele, Lens and Arras. Killed in action at Avion, France, January 8, 1918.

George John Mercier Bate

GUNNER BATE, born at Sydenham, Ontario, June 13, 1896. Home in Newcastle, New Brunswick. Joined Newcastle branch, August 13, 1913. Enlisted from Newcastle branch, in the 8th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, August 24, 1914. Present at Neuve Chapelle, Second Battle of Ypres, Festubert, Givenchy, Sanctuary Wood, Kemmel Hill, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Fresnoy, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens. Mortally wounded at Amiens, and died at No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen, August 16, 1918.

Robert Sedgewick Bayne

PRIVATE BAYNE, born at Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, March 21, 1885. Home in Mabou, Nova Scotia. Joined the Northern Crown Bank in 1908. Enlisted from Saltcoats, Saskatchewan branch, in the 195th Battalion, March 31, 1916. Present at Lens in August 1917, and other engagements up to July 1918. Killed in action at Arras, July 29, 1918.

Errol Stewart Bell

LANCE-CORPORAL BELL, born at Stellarton, Nova Scotia, December 24, 1895. Home in Joggins Mines, Nova Scotia. Joined Montreal, Quebec branch, June 26, 1912. Enlisted from Montreal, Beaver Hall branch, in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, June 16, 1915. Saw continuous service with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from September 1915. Was shell-shocked at Courcelette. Killed in action at Passchendaele, October 30, 1917.

Arthur Fred Belyea

SECOND-LIEUTENANT BELYEA, born at Penetanguishene, Ontario, October 21, 1894. Home in Calgary, Alberta. Joined the Traders Bank of Canada, Calgary, September 4, 1909. Enlisted from Calgary branch, in the Royal Flying Corps, November 27, 1917. Engaged in Scout Duty on the East Coast of England. Accidentally killed at East Boldre, Camp Beaulieu, Hants, England, September 17, 1918.

Carl Auguste Bender

CADET BENDER, born at St. Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, May 28, 1894. Joined the Quebec Bank, Winnipeg, Manitoba branch, November 22, 1915. Enlisted from Conquest, Saskatchewan branch, in the Royal Flying Corps, December 14, 1917. Accidentally killed at Deseronto, Ontario, June 10, 1918.

Alfred Fitzhardinge Murray Berkeley

SECOND-LIEUTENANT BERKELEY, born at Holy Innocents' Vicarage, Bridgetown, Barbados, March 26, 1896. Joined Georgetown, British Guiana [Guyana] branch, March 9, 1915. Enlisted from Georgetown branch, in the 74th Machine Gun Corps, December 15, 1915. Killed in action at Messines, Wytschaete Ridge, June 7, 1917.

George Morton Bird

PRIVATE BIRD, born at Port Angeles, Washington, U.S.A., April 22, 1891. Home in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Joined Alberni branch, February 10, 1908. Enlisted from Vancouver, British Columbia branch, in the 62nd Battalion, October 21, 1915. Present at the Third Battle of Ypres, June 1916, the Somme, Courcelette, Vimy Ridge. Mortally wounded at Vimy Ridge, May 5, 1917, and died at No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, May 6, 1917.

Harry Godwin Decimus Bird

PRIVATE BIRD, born at Plymouth, England, October 22, 1893. Home in Penzance, Cornwall, England. Joined Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan branch, January 24, 1913. Enlisted from Moose Jaw branch, in the 5th Battalion, August 15, 1914. Present at the Second Battle of Ypres, the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge. Mortally wounded at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, and died in the 32nd General Hospital, Boulogne, April 23, 1917.

James Somerville Black

PRIVATE BLACK, born at Fauldhouse, Scotland, November 23, 1890. Home in Lanark, Scotland. Joined Winnipeg, Manitoba branch, November 21, 1911. Enlisted from Regina, Saskatchewan branch, in the 46th Battalion, September 16, 1915. Afterwards transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Killed by the fall of his machine in France, May 1917.

William Black

PRIVATE BLACK, born at Barrhead, Renfrew, Scotland, May 13, 1896. Home in Vancouver, British Columbia. Joined Vancouver, Bridge Street branch, November 22, 1913. Enlisted from Vancouver, Bridge Street branch, in the 231st Battalion, May 26, 1916. Killed at Avion, France, August 15, 1917.

Stanley Duncan Bole

SERGEANT BOLE, born at Meaford, Ontario, March 8, 1890. Home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Joined Traders Bank of Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, April 1906. Enlisted from Winnipeg, Manitoba branch, in the Strathcona Horse, April 23, 1918. Died of pneumonia at Military Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, while in training at Calgary, July 5, 1918.

Frederick George Bolton

BOMBARDIER BOLTON, born at Strathroy, Ontario, September 19, 1891. Home in Strathroy. Joined Traders Bank of Canada at Bridgeburg, Ontario, October 4, 1909. Enlisted from Montreal, Quebec branch, in the 27th Canadian Field Artillery, May 1, 1915. Present at St. Eloi, Aisne, La Bassee, Ypres, Mons, Bapaume, the Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele. Killed in action at Passchendaele, October 31, 1917.

David Campbell Bradshaw

QUARTER-MASTER-SERGEANT BRADSHAW, born at Stratford, Ontario, August 25, 1889. Joined Traders Bank of Canada, Stratford, September 1906. Enlisted from Sudbury, Ontario branch, in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, June 1915. Present at Vimy and Passchendaele. Wounded at Passchendaele, October 30, 1917, and died at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, November 3, 1917.

George Miller Briden

PRIVATE BRIDEN, formerly of the Northern Crown Bank, Seeley's Bay, Ontario. Enlisted from Langham, Saskatchewan branch, July 30, 1916, in the 152nd Battalion. Served also in the 5th Battalion. Killed in action, April 10, 1917.

Stanley Victor Brittan

LIEUTENANT BRITTAN, born May 20, 1892. Joined the Quebec Bank, July 2, 1910. Enlisted from Montreal branch, August 17, 1914, in the 13th Battalion. Killed in action, June 13, 1916.

Donald Douglas Brooks

PRIVATE BROOKS, born at Weymouth, Nova Scotia, on April 19, 1898. Joined Weymouth branch on December 6, 1913. Enlisted from Weymouth branch, in the 64th Battalion, August 15, 1915. Transferred to 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade. Present at Lens, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and Arras. Gassed at Lens, 1917. Killed in action near Arras, March 25, 1918.

Donald Archibald Brown

LANCE-CORPORAL BROWN, born at Mount Forest, Ontario, on May 22, 1896. Home in Bulwark, Alberta. Joined Stettler, Alberta branch, October 14, 1912. Enlisted from Stettler branch, in the 89th Battalion, December 14, 1915. Transferred to 10th Battalion. Served with the 10th Battalion in France from August 1916, to April 1917. Killed in action at Arleux, April 28, 1917.

Harold Brown

PRIVATE BROWN, born at Nassau, Bahamas, October 31, 1895. Joined Nassau branch on February 7, 1913. Enlisted from Toronto, Ontario branch, in the 3rd Battalion, August 22, 1914. Killed in action at Festubert, May 25, 1915.

Wilfred Austin Torrance Bryce

GUNNER BRYCE, born at Paisley, Ontario, November 13, 1896. Home in Owen Sound, Ontario. Joined Owen Sound branch, April 7, 1913. Enlisted from Hamilton, Ontario branch, in the 55th Canadian Field Artillery, February 29, 1916. Present at Vimy Ridge, Arleux, Fresnoy, La Coulotte, Avion, Hill 70 and Passchendaele. Mortally wounded at Passchendaele, and died in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, October 23, 1917.

James Kenneth Butler

PRIVATE BUTLER (Scout and Dispatch Bearer), born at Berwick, Nova Scotia, September 13, 1896. Joined Berwick branch on July 15, 1912. Enlisted from Berwick branch, in the 25th Battalion, November 23, 1914. Present at Third Battle of Ypres, Courcelette and St. Eloi. Shell-shocked, gassed and died of tuberculosis at Berwick, October 27, 1918.

James William Butler

SECOND-LIEUTENANT BUTLER, born at Blackheath, near London, England, on February 11, 1894. Home in Blackheath, England. Was for nearly three years in the London County, Westminster & Parr's Bank, Limited. Joined Vancouver, British Columbia East End branch, on February 28, 1913. Enlisted from Kelowna, British Columbia branch, in the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, December 8, 1914. Granted a commission in the 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, attached 7th Battalion, September 26, 1916. Killed in action near Arras, May 3, 1917.

 

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