First World War

Roll of Honour

Charles Walker Wallace

PRIVATE WALLACE, born at Edinburgh, Scotland, October 10, 1895. Home in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Joined Abbotsford branch, June 2, 1913. Enlisted from Abbotsford branch, September 10, 1916, in the 72nd Battalion. Dangerously wounded, August 1, 1917. Killed in action at Cambrai, September 29, 1918.

Haliburton Wallace

PRIVATE WALLACE, born at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, September 27, 1895. Joined Shubenacadie branch, October 9, 1913. Enlisted from Shubenacadie branch, June 4, 1915, in the 40th Battalion. Also served with the 43rd Battalion. Present at the Third Battle of Ypres, where he was wounded; was also on the Somme. Killed in action on the Somme, September 21, 1916.

Ivan Newell Wallis

TROOPER WALLIS, born at Greensville, Ontario, September 9, 1897. Home in Greensville. Joined Hamilton, Ontario branch, July 2, 1914. Enlisted from Ayton, Ontario branch, April 27, 1916, in the Canadian Mounted Rifles. Transferred later to the 173rd and 116th Battalions. Present at Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens and Arras. Killed in action at Arras, August 27, 1918.

Stanley William Ward

GUNNER WARD, born at Prescott, Ontario, March 5, 1898. Joined Prescott branch, November 23, 1915. Enlisted from Prescott branch, March 5, 1917, in the 72nd Battalion. Contracted pneumonia on his way to England and was seriously ill for many months at the Shorncliffe Hospital, England. Returned home ill, and died in April 1919.

Gerald Edwin Wells

LIEUTENANT WELLS, born at Harriston, Ontario, October 3, 1892. Home in Kinley, Saskatchewan. Formerly in the Northern Crown Bank. Enlisted from Kinley branch, May, 1916, in the 65th Battalion. Also served with the 46th Battalion. Present on the Somme. Killed in action near Albert, October 25, 1916.

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Churchill Freeman West

PRIVATE WEST, born at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, April 1, 1899. Joined Liverpool branch, June 10, 1914. Enlisted from Liverpool branch, September 15, 1915, in the Royal Canadian Regiment. Also served with the 64th Battalion. Killed in action at Cambrai, September 28, 1918.

Reginald Bayly White

SERGEANT WHITE, born at Fogo, Newfoundland, September 26, 1898. Joined St. John's, Newfoundland branch, December 2, 1915. Enlisted from St. John's branch, August 28, 1916, in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Died from meningitis in the Military Hospital at Etaples, France, January 9, 1918.

Arthur Jennings Williams

PRIVATE WILLIAMS, born at Newtownards, Ireland, December 31, 1897. Home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Formerly in the Northern Crown Bank. Enlisted from Saskatoon branch in the 65th Battalion. Later transferred to the 46th Battalion. Killed in action in the Ypres salient, August 23, 1916.

James Carl Williamson

LANCE-CORPORAL WILLIAMSON born at Thorold, Ontario, October 21, 1895. Joined Thorold branch, January 21, 1914. Enlisted from Thorold branch, May 20, 1915, in the 176th Battalion. Also served in the 164th and 116th Battalions. Present at Amiens and Drocourt-Queant. Killed in action at Drocourt-Queant, August 28, 1918.

George Thomas Wilson

CORPORAL WILSON, born at Bridlington, England, June 23, 1893. Home in Bridlington. Joined Scott, Saskatchewan branch, September 8, 1911. Enlisted from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan branch, May 7, 1915, in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres, June 2, 1916.

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Ronald John Wishart

PRIVATE WISHART, born at Alloa, Scotland, February 27, 1890. Home in Aberdeen, Scotland. Joined Toronto, Ontario, Gerrard & Main branch, September 24, 1912. Enlisted from Vernon, British Columbia branch, January 3, 1917, in the 72nd Battalion. Present at Passchendaele, where he was wounded, and at Bourlon Wood. Died on board No. 17 Ambulance Train, October 12, 1918.

Esdon Melville Wolfe

GUNNER WOLFE, born at Durham, Ontario, November 6, 1888. Home in Durham, Ontario. Joined the Traders Bank of Canada, Woodstock, Ontario branch, June 12, 1908. Enlisted from Toronto, Ontario branch, March 31, 1917, in the 67th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Died at the Military Base Hospital, Toronto, of pneumonia.

Cecil George Wyatt

PRIVATE WYATT, born at Goderich, Ontario, March 29, 1897. Home in Stratford, Ontario. Joined Elmira, Ontario branch of the Traders Bank of Canada. Enlisted from Elmira branch, June 15, 1915, in the 16th Battalion. Also served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Killed in action at Hill 70, August 15, 1917.

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