Signals Casualties of the Great War - Details

Listed below are details on the Signals related casualties from the Great War, those on the Honour Roll. For an index of the casualties please see Signals Casualties of the Great War.

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Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Aikin Melville Lome Spr 800057 31 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 9, 1919 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company LXXII. F. 2., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Died of Broncho Pneumonia due to exposure whilst on military duty. Died at No 7 Canadian General Hospital Etaples France. Additional Information Husband of Edna Aikin, of 71, Blair Avenue, Toronto. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Allan James Robert Capt 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 8th Bn Cdn Inf (Manitoba Regiment). Attached to 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. M. 1., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Killed when the enemy shelled the horse lines. Location: vicinity of Courcelette. Additional Information Son of William C. and Mary E. Allan, of 528, Horton St, London, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Ashworth Robert James Spr 850408 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 17, 1919 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company Sec. M. Lot 11., Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Septic pnemonia likely contracted aboard ship returing to Canada at the end of the War. Additional Information Son of John R. and Sarah Ashworth, of 122, Ryerson Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Atkinson George Spr 504128 38 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 26, 1921 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company Mil. 335., Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Deemed due to service reasons. Was wounded by a gas shell in 1917 and suffered from influenza during service. Additional Information Son of Jane atkinson, of Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Ireland, and the late James Atkinson. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Auld Ernest William Lt 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 7, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. E. 6., Longueau British Cemetery, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: This Officer and 15 other ranks were proceeding along the main AMIENS-ROYE ROAD, to the advance Divsional Headquarters to make final communication arrangements for the attack the next day. Immediately after leaving the GENTELLES WOOD, an enemy high explosive shell dropped close to Lieutenant Auld, killing him instantly. Additional Information Son of Mrs. Margaret A. Pomeroy, of 12, Brighton Rd., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Barratt Wilfred Spr 1909 35 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 19, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company IV. B. 51., Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Died of wounds (shock) at No. 57 Casualty Clearing Station Additional Information Son of the late Joseph and Charlotte Barratt, of Warwick, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Bartlett Rupert Stanley Spr 541509 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 30, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company VIII. A. 3., Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Sapper Bartlett was working on a visual station, at 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, when he received shrapnel wounds in the leg, face and back. He was immediately attended to by his comrades, and carried to No. 12 Canadian Field Amulance and later evacuated to No. 4 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed to his wounds. Additional Information Son of George and Hannah Bartlett, of Canboro, Ontario, Canada. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Beals Howard Leroy Spr 504336 MM 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 6, 1918 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company I. BB. 7., Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Nord, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Bomb Wounds left thigh and right shoulder. Died at No.6 Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Beals, of Aylesford, King's County, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Beckett John Maxwell Lt 29 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 21, 1917 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company III. F. 7., White House Cemetery St. Jean-les-Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: In preparation for a move to a new front, Lt Beckett had gone in advance to install wireless and power buzzer station. While returning to Headquarters he was killed by an aeroplane bomb. Location: Caestre Additional Information Son of E. W. and Mary Beckett, of Haney, British Columbia; Husband of Elizabeth Beckett, of 663, Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Bedford Frank Sgt 86013 33 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 2, 1917 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 13., Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: Camlain L'Abbe Additional Information Son of Isaac Francis Bedford, of Oldmans Terrace, Skirbeck Quarter, Boston, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Benson Ernest Owen Spr 28 46 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 10, 1919 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company E.3.8.AW, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Death attributed to Military Service. Additional Information Shoemaker. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Benson, of Birstall St., Leicester, England; Husband of Sarah Ann Benson, of 6, Bendall Rd., Leicester, England. Discharged in Canada 8 Septempber 1916 on request due to the "cessation of working-pay". Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Bird William Signaller 502446 32 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 19, 1916 Signal Training Depot Mil. range 3. Sec. G. 8., Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at The Mowatt Memorial Sanatorium, Kingston Ontario. Additional Information Son of William and Lusia Bird, of the Beacon, Hill Head, Fareham, England; Husband of Lily Maud Bird, of 4, Queen'S Rd., Feltham, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Bostock Lionel Southey 2Cpl 107094 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 26., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Enemy Shelling. Location: Near Albert Additional Information Son of Alfred Stileman Bostock, of Chichester, Sussex,. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Boyd Clarence Verne Sgt 500607 MM 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 30, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company VIII. A. 9., Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Shrapnel wounds to the abdomen. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brand Charles Haynes Spr 2005217 30 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 13, 1919 Wireless Section, Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company D. 31., Milford Cemetery, Witley, Surrey, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Found dead with "shot through body" at Witley Camp, UK. Reason recorded is "suicide whilst temporarily insane." Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brazier Harold James Spr 506489 MM 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 25, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. G. 31., Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Osteo-Myelitis Additional Information Son of Ada Mary Gully (formerly Brazier), of 3, Dawson St., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and the late Arthur Brazier. Native of Gillingham, Kent, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brewer Carman Tremaine Spr 3185920 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 19, 1918 Signal Training Depot P. 117. G. A., Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pneumonia with possibly Thrombosis. Died at St Lukes Hospital, Ottawa. Additional Information Son of John James and Elsie Brewer, of North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brewer Stanley George Spr 51 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 30, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company J. 23., Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: He was in an Artillery Signal dugout that was hit by an artillery shell. Also killed were Cpl Davis and LCpl Frogley. Additional Information Son of Peter Brewer, of 3, Acre St., Stroud, Glos., England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brown Robert Lt 30 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 5, 1919 Canadian Engineer Reserve Battalion (had been 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company) 523, St. Margaret Churchyard, Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Suicide. Additional Information Eldest son of Robert and Eliza Brown, of 22, Baldovan Terrace, Dundee, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Buck Harold Lambert Sgt 86016 MM and Bar 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 21, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. H. 26., Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Shrapnel wounds to chest and right shoulder. He was crossing open country in the performance of his duties when he was hit by a fragment from a bursting shell and seriously wounded. He received immediate attention and was evacuated to No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he later succumbed to his wounds. Additional Information Son of W. F. and A. B. L. Buck, of 40, Rushey Green, Catford, London. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cameron John Hamilton Spr 541522 33 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 13, 1918 Signal Pool II. H. 16., Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Was carrying despatches from 1st Can Divisional Artillery Headquarters to 2nd Canadian Field Artillery Bde HQ on a motorcycle, when he stopped near the latter HQ, left his cycle by the roadside and started on foot to the Bde HQ when a shell burst about 20 ft. from him, a large piece hitting him in the back causing instantaneous death. Additional Information Son of John Cameron and Alice Hamilton Cameron. Born at Peterborough, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cashmore Clifford Laurence Spr 255980 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 1, 1918 Canadian Corps Signal Pool (4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company) III. C. 10., Mons Bergen Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza Additional Information Son of William and Julia E. Cashmore (Now Huckabone), of 384, Maple Avenue, Pembroke, Ontario; Husband of the late Rita Cashmore (nee Harrington). Born at Cobden, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cashmore Thomas Henry Spr 502931 18 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 3, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. F. 90., Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Appendicitis Additional Information Son of Julia and the late Wm. Cashmore, of Pembroke, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Chambers Joseph Arnold Private 426219 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 2, 1916 Attached to Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company from 8th Bn Panel 24, Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Was manning a wireless set at Sacrifice Guns on 2 June 1916 when they came under attack. Shrapnel barrages kept cutting the aerials and finally both operators went on the guns until the last minute. Sapper Hood returned wounded while Sapper Chambers was reported missing (later KIA). Area of ZILLEBEKE. Additional Information Was a telegraphist prior to enlisting. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Christie Robert William Ewart Lt 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 21, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company G. 10., Sun Quarry Cemetery, Cherisy, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While performing his duties, he was crossing open country, when he was hit in the face by a fragment of a bursting shell and instanly killed. Signal Officer to 5th Brigade C.F.A. Additional Information Son of G. R. and Ada E. Christie, of Aylmer West, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cochrane Alexander LCpl 541529 32 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 18, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company II. D. 1., Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: location: Hersin Additional Information Son of Alexander and Isabella Cochrane, of 21, Back St., Dundee, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cocks Albert Pte 75 37 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 21, 1915 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company 173. 1., All Souls' Cemetery, Kensal Green, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Died of injuries to head sustained in a motor car accident on 12 September 1915. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Coffey James Spr 161197 39 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 18, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company II. F. 1., Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Was hit by fragments from an enemy shell, which exploded near him, and died almost immediately. Location: Hersin Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Coop Leonard Spr 500288 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 16, 1916 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company VIII. A. 25A., Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: On the evening of June 15th 1916, at about dusk, he was engaged in signalling duties near the front line in company with another Sapper, when he was hit by an enemy bullet which entered his side and passed through the abdomen. He was carried to an advance dressing station where he received medical attention and shortly afterards evacuated to No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he died the following morning. Additional Information Son of William and Annie H. Coop, of 204, Arnold Avenue, Fort Rouge, Winnipeg. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Corke Lawrence Dwinford Spr 240072 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 6, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. E. 28., Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: On the evening of July 6th 1918, he was passing along a sunken road, when he was hit in the back of the neck and left knee by pieces of casing from a shell which exploded nearby, and he also suffered from concussion. Immediate attention was given him by two medical officers and breathing was restored by artificial respiration, after one and a half hours. He was then sent to No. 4 Canadian field Ambulance, where he succumbed to his wounds later in the evening. Additional Information Born at Tunbridge Wells, England. Son of J. J. and E. C. Corke, of Bartonville, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Coutts Norman Hunter Spr 5648 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 26, 1915 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company VII. A. 18., Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Killed along with Spr Grieve while laying lines. Location: vicinity of Ypres Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Craven Thomas Reynold Cpl 5634 MM 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 26, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company L. 31., Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Court of Enquiry convened to investigate the circumstances of death of Corporal Craven were of the opinion that he met his death at 3 Rue Houdain at some time early in the morning of December 26th 1917, from acute alcoholic poisoning with cardiac failure. Additional Information Son of Thomas and Annie Ellen Craven, of Manchester, England; Husband of Bertha Mary Craven, of Hamilton Bay, Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Came To England with the First Division, 1914, and went To France 10th Feb 1915. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Crawford Ian Peake Cpl 541531 MSM 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 9, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. B. 2., Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While assisting to hitch up horses on a cable wagon at about 10 P.M. on August 9th 1918 he was killed by a bomb dropped from an enemy aeroplane. Location: vicinity of Demuin. Additional Information Son of Peter and Janet Warnock Crawford, of Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Cunningham John Sgt 5637 MiD 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 16, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company IV. F. 18., Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, -, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Was engaged in repairing a telephone line about six hundred yards in the rear of the front line, when he was shot through the heart by a bullet from the rifle of an enemy sniper and instantly killed. Location: vicinity of Ecoivres. Additional Information Son of David and Euphemia Cunningham, of 114, Burnbank Rd., Hamilton, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Davis George Houghton Cpl 93 32 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 30, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company J. 27., Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: He had just entered an artillery signal dugout, for shelter, when it was almost immediately hit by a shell and he was severely wounded, dying later at No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance. Also killed were Spr Brewer and LCpl Frogley. Additional Information Son of Alfred and Isabella Davis, of Gananoque, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Des Brisay Eric Merrill Spr 98 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 3, 1916 2nd Cananadian Divisional Signal Company attd 25th Squadron Royal Flying Corps XV. M. 34., Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Missing, presumed killed Details: Reported missing by RFC, then officially listed as killed by Germany. For official purposes presumed to have died (through german sources) at Field Hospital, Henin Lietard. Additional Information Son of Merrill Des Brisay and E. Allardyce Des Brisay, of 1331. 33rd Avenue West, Vancouver. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Dowson Hubert Samuel Spr 505052 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 31, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. G. 10., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Braquemont. War Diary states killed 'on artillery lines'. Additional Information Son of Samuel T. and Margaret E. Dowson, of Perth, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Edgerley Gordon LCpl 10898 MM 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 4, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. E. 3., Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Gun shot wounds to head. Died at No. 45 Field Ambulance Additional Information "Son of Mrs. Louisa Kirkman, of 50, Stump Lane, Chorley, Lancs, England; Husband of Alice Edgerley. Was attached in support to 1 Canadian Infantry Brigade at the time of his death." Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Edwards Henry Thomas Spr 107 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 13, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. B. 19., Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Zillebeke Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Ellis Herbert Spr 504351 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 27, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company. 10th Bn II. B. 17., Quarry Wood Cemetery, Sains-Les-Marquion, -, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Whilst laying a telephone cable in the Northern outskirts of INCHY-EN-ARTOIS an enemy shell exploded nearby seriously wounding him in the back. He was immediately attended to by stretcher bearers, but succumbed to his wounds about fifteen minutes later. Additional Information Son of George and Elizabeth Ellis, of Danby, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age England Shem Spr 5663 37 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 8, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company SE behind the Church., St. Peter Ad Vincula Churchyard, Ratley, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Deemed due to service reasons. Chronic Nephritis. Discharged 19 November 1916 with a disability pension. Additional Information Son of George and Mary England, of Ratley, Warwickshire; Husband of Mary England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Ernewein Norman Alvin Spr 651951 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 15, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company XIII. A. 8., Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, -, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Beaucamps Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Fitzpatrick Charles Edward Spr 113 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 24., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Enemy Shelling. Location: vicinity of Courcelette Additional Information Son of P. B. and Maria Fitzpatrick, of 4952, Forestville Ave, Chicago. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Frogley Harry William LCpl 120 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 30, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company J. 24., Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Died of wounds at No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance. He was in an Artillery Signal dugout that was hit by an artillery shell. Also killed were Cpl Davis and Spr Brewer. Additional Information Son of Charles J. and Susan A. Frogley, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Fulton Morden Jay Spr 500616 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 10, 1919 "CB" Cable Section, Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company -, York Mills Baptist Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulminary tuberculosis. Discharged 13 August 1918 as 'unfit'. Additional Information Son of Jay Harold and Lillian Fulton, of 46, Woolfrey Avenue, Toronto, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Gallagher John Spr 541629 40 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 19, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company Plan 4. Grave 10., St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulmenary tuberculosis Additional Information Served as "O'Brien". Son of the late Dennis and Mary Gallagher. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Geddes George LCpl 71160 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 17, 1917 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company 161. (1)., St. Ninian's Burial Ground, Enzie, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulminary tuberculosis.. Additional Information Son of William and Mary Geddes, of Woodside, Drybridge, Buckie, Banff, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Graham Thomas Spr 5671 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 26, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: He was killed in the vicinity of COURCELETTE, whilst repairing one of the Battalion telephone lines. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Grandin John Hamer Spr 157587 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 17, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: near LENS. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Grandy Philip Spr 133 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 9, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Bay L'Argent Cemetery, Newfoundland, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulminary tuberculosis. Discharged 23 July 1916 as 'unfit for war service'. Re-attached to "B" unit M.H.C.C with effect from 26 September 1917. Additional Information Son of Thomas and Matilda Grandy, of Bay L'Argent, Fortune Bay. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Grant George Edward Spr 23271 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 13, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company Panel 10., Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: trenches near MAPLE COPSE. Additional Information Son of Edward and Jessie Hardcastle Grant. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Greenhalgh William Spr 678043 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 30, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. E. 32., Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Whilst with two comrades at 3rd Brigade Artillery Headquarters in the vicinity of RAILLENCOURT, he was instantly killed when an enemy shell burst amongst them. Additional Information S2S SAYS "GREENDHALGH"; Son of J. and Margaret Greenhalgh, of Highland Creek, Scarborough, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Grieve George Rewcastle Spr 5669 30 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 26, 1915 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company VII. A. 17., Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Killed along with Spr Coutts while laying lines. Location: vicinity of Ypres Additional Information Son of Marr Grieve and Matilda M'Gilveray Grieve, of 81, Kenmure St., Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Groves John Stiby Cpl 107252 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 17, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. E. 1., Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Fractured base of skull received in motorcycle accident. Died at No. 15 Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Son of Ernest and Frances Mary Groves, of Armstrong, British Columbia. Born at Melcombe Bingham, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Hamilton George Joseph Spr 550139 29 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 19, 1918 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company G. 7., Sun Quarry Cemetery, Cherisy, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: During operations in front of CAMBRAI, and when working with one companion on a pole in advance of the main party engaged in the construction of a telephone route near VIS-EN-ARTOIS, his Section came under hostile attention from shell fire. Private Hamilton was instantly killed and his companion severely wounded. Additional Information Brother of Mrs. Mary Lynd, of 2411, Yonge St., Toronto. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Hammond Harry John Spr 500652 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 29, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. G. 2., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: He was killed near LOOS by an enemy high explosive shell, about 5.30 P.M. on July 29th 1917. He was employed at the time in laying telephone cables to an advanced position, close to the front line, preparatory to the attack on HILL 70. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Hellyer Albert Hall Pte 210427 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 6, 1919 Signal Pool LXXII. E. 4., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Broncho-Pneumonia due to exposure on active service. Died at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples. Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hellyer, of 5, Horsa Rd., Erith, Kent. Native of Belvedere, Kent, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Hotton Willie Spr 500540 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 16, 1918 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company XI. B. 4., Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Broncho-Pneumonia. Died at No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne. Additional Information Son of John Thomas and Amelia Jane Hotton, of Camp Du Roi, Vale, Guernsey. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Huson Sidney Walpole LCpl 430856 33 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 21, 1917 123rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion attached to 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company V. E. 13., Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details KIA Details: Was killed while patrolling lines to Heavy Artillery to ensure lines stayed in prior to an attack. Additional Information Son of William Walter Walpole Huson, of Gazeley, Suffolk; husband of Catherine Eliza Huson, of West Finchley, London, England. Educated at East Anglian School, Bury St. Edmund's. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Jardine John Spr 447301 35 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 10, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Killed in action at VIMY RIDGE. Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Jardine, of Pembroke, Ontario; Husband of the late Elizabeth Thompson. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Johnston Thomas Alexander Cpl 5690 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 14, 1919 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company Div. 64. VIII. L. 6., Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Influenza. Died at No. 4 Stationary Hospital, Harfleur. Additional Information Was transferred to Signal Pool when 1 CDSC transferred to England after hostilities ended. Son of Thomas and Annie Johnston, of Co. Monaghan, Ireland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Jones Harry Sgt 164 42 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 5, 1921 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company Veterans' Plot. Section 7. Grave 969., Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Cardiac failure do to myeloma or carcinoma malignant gowths on lungs, stomach, liver, 7th left rib Additional Information Son of the late Henry and Janet Jones, of Glasgow, Scotland; Husband of E. Jones, of 601, Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Keen George Alfred Cpl 541596 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 5, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. B. 7., Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Died of wounds at No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Son of Alfred and Esther Keen, of North Devon, New Brunswick. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Kellett Edwin Spr 5695 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 19, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While on duty in the trenches near the Sugar Refinery, COURCELETTE, engaged in laying a new telephone line to the Headquarters of a Battalion of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, under heavy enemy shell fire, he was instantly killed by the bursting of a shell of heavy calibre, within a few feet of him. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Kenty Edward Harold Spr 507272 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 13, 1919 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company AA. C54., Aldershot Military Cemetery, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Died of Empyema following a bout of pneumonia. Additional Information Son of Harold A. and Bessie H. Kenty, of 504, Union Trust Buildings, Winnipeg. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Kerr Peter Robertson Signaller 21380 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 5, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company LXVI. B. 4., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Septicaemia and bronch-pneumonia secondary abscess face. Died at No. 26 General Hospital, Etaples. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age King Roy Hiddlestone Cpl 67290 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 27, 1919 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. D. 12., Belgrade Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Ruptured bladder. Died at No. 48 Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Knowles Forrest Allen Spr 345910 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 6, 1921 6th Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Reid's Mills Cemetery, Osgoode, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tuberculosis Additional Information Contracted Influenza & pleuro-pneumonia while on ship bound for Siberia. Was returned to Canada where he stayed in hospital and was discharged as medically unfit for service. Son of John and Mary E. Knowles, of Osgoode Station, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Lawson Andrew Melbourne Spr 784344 MM 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 26, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company A. 13., Denain Communal Cemetery, Nord, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: While on duty patrolling the telephone line form South of AUBRY to North of VALENCIENNES he was wounded by the explosion of an enemy shell. An ambulance which was passing the spot a few minutes after, rendered first aid and took him to No. 12 Canadian Field Ambulance. He was found to have sustained wounds in the arms, legs, and a compound fracture of the right leg and right thigh. He died at 7:15 P.M. on 26 October 1918, one hour and a quarter after admission. Additional Information Son of William and Ella Morden Lawson, of Dundas, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Leavitt Ralph LCpl 500703 MM and Bar 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 27, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. B. 4., Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: During an attack at BOURLON WOOD he was hit in the chest by a fragment from an enemy shell. He was given First Aid, but died a half hour later. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Lee Albert Charles Spr 506305 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 4, 1918 Signal Pool I. A. 3., St. Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Nord, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Shrapnel wound, head and right thigh. Died at No. 13 Canadian Field Ambulance. Additional Information Son of William and Theresa Lee, of Camperdown, Ontario; Husband of Amy Lee, of 157, Cumberland St., Toronto. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Lind Kenneth Henry Spr 172036 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 4, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. E. 2., Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Gun shot wounds to chest and hand. Died at No. 45 Field Ambulance. Additional Information "Son of Mrs. Emma J. Lind, of 2, Sugar House Lane, High St., Southampton. Was attached in support to 1 Canadian Infantry Brigade at the time of his death." Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Lockwood Terence Cochran Spr 2265755 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 10, 1919 Signal Pool LXXII. A. 21., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Broncho-Pneumonia Additional Information Only Son of T. C. Lockwood, M.D., and Bethia E. Lockwood, of Lockeport, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Logan Harold Alexander Spr 185 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 17, 1917 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Drowned at sea (from HT "Donegal") 17th April 1917 Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Logan, of North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age MacDougall Duncan Spr 2738518 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 17, 1918 Canadian Signal Training Depot P. 49., St. James's Cemetery, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pneumonia following influenza Additional Information Son of Maj. Gen. James Charles and Josephine Macdougall, of the Roxborough Apts, Laurier Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age MacGillivray Paul Angus Sgt 541626 MM 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 4, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company V. B. 8., Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, -, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While acting as "Sergeant in charge of Brigade Signal lines" in the dugout of a Battalion Headquarters, an enemy shell struck the top of the dugout breaking some of the wires. As it was important to get these lines "through" again, he came out to inspect the damage, when he was hit and instantly killed by a large splinter from another shell which exploded in the trench close to him. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age MacKinnon Cyrus Spr 507417 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 15, 1917 Canadian Signal Training Depot -, Fredericton Cemetery, Prince Edward Island, Canada Marker Casualty Details Suicide Details: Found in his bed about 6:30 a.m. on the 15th in a dying condition with an incised wound on each side of his neck in the region of the jugular veins. Official reason stated as "Suicide while temporarily insane" Additional Information Son of John and Elizabeth Mackinnon, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age MacLardy Frank Edgar Spr 709936 31 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 9, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. D. 9., Wailly Orchard Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While asleep in a shaft in the side of the Sunken Road, near AGNY, about 4 A.M. on the 9th of April, 1918, an enemy shell of large calibre struck the edge of the bank above the shaft, causing it to cave in. An alarm was immediately given and a relief party was soon at work but when dug out he was dead. Additional Information Son of H. R. and L. Maclardy. Native of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age MacLellan Edwin Raymond SSgt 428579 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 27, 1917 Canadian Corps Wireless Section II. F. 31., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: While on duty, proceeding to a Wireless Telegraph Station in the forward area near LENS, he was severely wounded in the chest, and left thigh, by splinters from an enemy shell that exploded near him. After receiving first aid he was taken to No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the same day. Additional Information S2S SAYS "MCLELLAN"; Son of Donald R. and Helen Maclellan, of 157, Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Native of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Madden Jerome Joseph Spr 3467 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 9, 1918 Canadian Corps Signal Company III. A. 2., La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: While attached to the Signal subsection, Headquarters, of the 3rd Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery at NEUVILLE ST VAAST the enemy commenced to shell the road about 150 yards South of the Headquarters at about 9.00 o'clock on the evening of the 9th. June 1918. This was a road which the enemy harassed every few days and the men, as usual, took shelter in their huts to avoid splinters. Shortly after the shelling commenced a shell exploded on the hut in which Sapper Madden together with three other comrades were living. The full force of the explosion took place in the hut, killing Sapper Madden and two of the others instantly. Additional Information Son of Patrick and Margarette E. Madden, of 50, Earl St., Kingston, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Mann Herbert Spr 502257 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 16, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company XIX. A. 1., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: He was wounded in the head by shrapnel when the town in which his Company was billetted was shelled by the enemy on the 4th April, 1917. He was taken to a Field Ambulance and evacuated to No. 20 General Hospital, CAMIERS where he died some days later. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McCollum George Gordon Spr 507228 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 22, 1917 Signal Training Depot Block B.Range 1. Lot 7. Grave 5., Brampton Cemetery, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Admitted to St Luke's Hospital in Ottawa on 18 Jan 1917 suffering from an acute appendicitus. Developed septic peritonitis afterwords and died as a result. Additional Information Son of the late Charles Edward Mccollum; Husband of Augusta Mccollum, of Brampton, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McFadden Aubrey Thomas Spr 503174 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 25, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. G. 27., Mendinghem Military Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Shell gas. Died at No. 46 Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mcfadden, of Penetang, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McKnight Robert Spr 500664 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 7, 1917 H.Q. Signal Company XXII. E. 8., Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Gunshot wound to the spine. Died at No. 11 General Hospital, CAMIERS. Additional Information Son of J. S. and M. A. Mcknight. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Meats George Henry Spr 418491 38 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 25, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company VIII. C. 156., Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Whilst assisting in removing horses from the lines at ALBERT which were being heavily shelled by the enemy on September 20th 1916, he was wounded in the upper extremities by shrapnel. He was given immediate attention and removed to No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance, from there he was taken to No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station and later evacuated to No. 13 General Hospital, BOULOGNE, where he succumbed to his wounds five days later. Additional Information Son of George and Georgina Meats, of Nottingham, England; Husband of Sophia Meats. Enlisted in Montreal. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Merriam Charles Anthony Spr 2012119 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 15, 1918 Signal Training Depot -, St. Jerome's Cemetery, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pnemonia Additional Information Son of William and Jane Merriam, of Warkworth, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Millen Charles Arthur Spr 504527 41 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 1, 1919 CF Cable Section, Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company H. 6., All Saints Churchyard Extension, Orpington, Kent, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tuberculosis Additional Information Son of Hiram and Harriett Millen, of Ottawa. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Miller James Spr 107416 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 3, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. A. 2., Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Killed while line repairing in the vicinity of MAPLE COPSE. Additional Information Attested at Victoria BC. Son of Mrs Maggie McArthur, RR #3 Paisley ON Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Milne Alexander Spr 107430 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 27., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Enemy Shelling. Location: at ALBERT Additional Information Husband of Florence Milne, Victoria BC. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Munro Edward Clinton Spr 507541 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 23, 1918 Canadian Engineer Training Depot 3263, Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Cerebro Spnal Fever Additional Information Son of Thomas C. and Annie Munro, of Perth, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Murdock James Llewellyn Basil Spr 507224 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 24, 1920 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company X. 36., Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulminary tuberculosis Additional Information Son of James and M. Murdock, of 49, Melbourne Avenue, Toronto, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Naylor Frederick William Spr 229 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 7, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company VIII. C. 80., Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Gunshoot wounds (shrapnel) to head and thigh received on 29 Dec 1915. Died at No 13. General Hospital, Boulogne. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Nelson Erik Walbrit Spr 228425 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 6, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company II. E. 1., Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Champlain-L'Abbe Additional Information Son of Oscar A. and Margaret Nelson, of Carmangay, Alberta. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Nicholson Henry James Driver 5724 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 17, 1915 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Died Details: Drowned at sea (from HS "Anglia" ) 17th November 1915 Additional Information Son of James and Louisa Nicholson, of 23, Walmer St., Marylebone, London; Husband of Georgina Nicholson, of 62A, Knox St., Point St. Charles, Montreal, Canada. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age North William Hubert Spr 5722 37 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 29, 1915 Divisional Signal Company S. 1. 71., Colchester Cemetery and Crematorium, Essex, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of John William and Mary Janet North; Husband of Winifred North, of 110, Tower Rd., Newquay, Cornwall. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Norton Glen Lt 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 26, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 4., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: Northwest of Courcelette. Additional Information Attached 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. Son of James Frederick and Sarah J. Norton, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Born at Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Norton John Frederick LCpl 5612 DCM, MiD 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 7, 1919 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company L.66. S. 13., Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tuberculosis Additional Information Son of James Frederick and Sarah Jane Norton, of 1028, Mcmillan Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Palston Albert Cornelius Spr 102015 31 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 17, 1918 Canadian Engineer Reserve Battalion (had been 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company) A. 627., Seaford Cemetery, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza and Pnemonia Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Partridge Richard Abbott Spr 502633 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 1, 1918 5th Signal Company I. F. 29., St. Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Nord, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza. Died at No. 4 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. Additional Information Son of Arthur Lenard Partridge and Isobel Partridge, of North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Patterson Charles Forrest Spr 541643 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 13, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company Sp. Mem. 67., Tyne Cot Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Working at Passchendaele. Additional Information Son of the Rev. J. R. and Isabella Patterson, of 106, Peter St. North. Orillia, Ontario. Native of Toronto. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Paul John Harley Spr 109162 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company III. D. 24., Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Whilst at the transport lines, at ALBERT on the 20th of September, 1916, the enemy commenced shelling the area, and he was severely wounded by shrapnel. He was immediately conveyed to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the same day. Additional Information Son of Jessie A. Paul, of 83, Fairview Avenue, West Toronto, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Pearen Wilfrid Ferguson Spr 507695 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 29, 1918 Training Depot III. I. 6., Brookwood Military Cemetery, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza. Died at !st London General Hospital, Camberwell Additional Information Son of J. M. and Laura Pearen, of Weston, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Postill Vernon Frank Spr 164325 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 14, 1916 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company IV. B. 6., Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: He was employed on Telephone Line Maintenance during the SOMME offensive, and at about 10.30 o'clock on the night of October 13th, 1916, was mortally wounded while working with other comrades in a dugout which came under heavy shell fire. He was wounded in the left breast, leg and arm, and rendered unconscious. His wounds were immediately dressed, and upon regaining consciousness he complained of his right side and stomach. He was carried out and placed in an ambulance and taken to No. 9 Casualty Clearing Staion where he died the next morning. Additional Information Son of Louise Postill, of Paris, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Quinn James Spr 2014374 33 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 15, 1918 Signal Training Depot -, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza Additional Information Son of James and Helen Quinn, of Lisnamallard, Coranny, Clones, Ireland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Robertson Frank Bruce Spr 475475 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 9, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. C. 20., Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, -, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Was employed as a lineman and in company with a comrade had started out to make repairs on a line, when an enemy shell burst close to them, killing him instantly and severely wounding his comrade. Additional Information Son of Robert and Barbara Robertson, of Hagersville, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Robertson William Herbert Spr 2024482 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 14, 1918 Signal Training Depot Jones 3. Plot 11. Lot 2., Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza and Pnemonia Additional Information Son of John Alexander Frederick Robertson of 1882, Pender Street, Vancouver, and the late Marion Robertson. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Rogers Edwin Spr 3647 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 20, 1916 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. O. 28., Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Enemy Shelling. Location: at USNA HILL, North East of ALBERT. Additional Information Son of Mrs. Grace Smith Rogers, of 32, Caldrum St., Dundee, Scotland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Routh John Cecil Spr 2012180 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 15, 1918 36. North Joseph., St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Broncho-pneumonia Additional Information Son of Randolph and Annie Routh, of 412, Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Ryan John Spr 913817 46 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 7, 1919 Canadian Engineer Replacement Depot 32656, St. Lawrence's Catholic Cemetery, Limerick, -, Ireland, Republic of Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pneumonia Influenza Additional Information Husband of Mrs Julia Ryan, Limerick Ireland. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Scott Edmund Altiman Spr 2265682 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 25, 1917 Signal Training Depot Sec 29. Grave 11., Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowning Additional Information Son of Sarah A. Scott, of Malvern, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, British West Indies, and the late John A. Scott. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Shaw Charles Sidney Sgt 5756 39 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 27, 1920 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company Veterans' Plot. Section 7. Grave 420., Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Poisoning Additional Information Husband of Isabell Shaw, of 41, Mcgill St., Toronto, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Shergold William Albert Spr 80143 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 2, 1919 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company Soldiers., Edmonton Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tuberculosis in kidneys Additional Information Son of Henry Alfred and Elizabeth Shergold, of 15, Pomeroy Rd., Newton Abbot, Devon, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Shill Herbert Edward Cpl 25637 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 22, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. D. 23., Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Whilst riding a motor cycle about 4 P.M. on September 21st, 1917, he collided with a motor lorry at the cross-roads situated about 500 yards North East of RUITZ, North West of BARLIN, and sustained severe injuries. He was placed in a passing ambulance and taken to No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the following day from compound fractures of the vault and base of skull. A Court of Enquiry convened to investigate the cause of his death was of the opinion that the collision was an accident due to the dust preventing Cpl Shill from seeing that the lorry was moving across the road. The Court was also of the opinion that no blame attaches to anyone. Additional Information Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shill, of Montreal, Canada. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Simmins Sidney Ernest Spr 507492 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 9, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. A. 26., Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: At about 4:30 a.m. on August 8th, 1918, he was sleeping in the remains of an old house near the chalk pit at DOMART when the enemy opened fire with 5.9 shells on the chalk pit. The third shelllanded about 9 feet from where he was sleeping and blew him completely out of the house, inflicting 5 wounds in his back and four on his thighs. He was immediately attended to and carried to the nearest dressing station, later being evacuated to No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the following day. Additional Information Son of William Charles Dawe Simmins and Mary Agnes Steele Simmins, of 60, Kimpton Avenue, Brentwood, Essex. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Smith Dryden Spr 438233 MM 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 23, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. A. 10., Raismes Communal Cemetery, Nord, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Additional Information Son of Thomas M. and Mary A. Smith, of 231, South John St., Fort William, Ontario. Born at Ottawa, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age South Herbert Spr 500631 29 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 11, 1919 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company S7. 8085., Beckenham Crematorium And Cemetery, Kent, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tuberculosis Additional Information Cemetery also known as "Crystal Palace District Cemetery"; Son of Mrs. Sarah South, of 38, High St., Penge, London. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Spear William David Spr 506319 MM 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 27, 1918 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company B. 14., Triangle Cemetery, Inchy-En-Artois, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Additional Information Son of David and Margaret H. Spear, of Dominion City, Manitoba. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Speck William Cameron Spr 865294 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 25, 1919 5th Divisional Signal Company XV. A. 9., Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, -, France Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Influenza and Pnemonia Additional Information Son of William and Elizabeth Jane Speck, of Actinolite, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stamp Hubert Spr 466682 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 18, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company II. E. 1., Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Additional Information Son of John Edward and S. M. Stamp (nee Clarvis), of Manotick, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stegmeier David Earl Spr 796643 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 27, 1918 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. B. 15., Quarry Wood Cemetery, Sains-Les-Marquion, -, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Additional Information S2S SAYS "STEGHMEIER"; Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stegmeier, of Simcoe, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stewart Herbert R. Spr 282 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 6, 1917 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company IV. D. 8., Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stokes Lyall Arnold Spr 507236 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 3, 1919 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. B. 10., Huy Communal Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Lobar pnemonia Additional Information Son of Duncan and Emma Stokes, of Mount Albert, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Strathy Jeffrey McVicar Spr 285 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 14, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Missing, presumed killed Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stuart David Stanley Spr 507594 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 28, 1918 Signal Pool C. 10., Triangle Cemetery, Inchy-En-Artois, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Additional Information Son of Serjt. David Stuart and Ann Isabell Stuart, of 10, Central Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario. Born In Northumberland, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Swale Frederick Alan Cpl 5743 Despatch Rider 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 22, 1915 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company Panel 10., Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Missing, presumed killed at YPRES. Additional Information Son of Mrs Marguerite Swale of 5 Altyre Road, East Croydon, Surrey, England Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Taylor Rayburn Spr 829797 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 27, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. B. 4., Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Taylor William Adam Cpl 172344 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 15, 1916 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. D. 25., Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, -, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Adam Taylor, of Chatham, Ontario; Husband of Eliza Emily Taylor, of Barons, Alberta. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Tribble John William Spr 541678 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 23, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. E. 4., Nine Elms British Cemetery, -, Belgium Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Adam and Mary L. Tribble, of Bolton, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Uglow Richard Hubert Lewis Lt 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 16, 1917 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company I. L. 24., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Charlotte Eva Uglow, of 953, Dorchester St., West Montreal, Quebec, and the late William Uglow. Native of Ottawa, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Vanstone Howard Neil Spr 502686 28 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 17, 1920 2nd (or 4th) Canadian Divisional Signal Company L.8.3.D, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pulmonary turburculosis Additional Information Son of Samuel James and Elizabeth Vanstone, of Whitby, Ont., Husband of Ila Maud Vanstone, of Whitby, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Vyall Lionel Egerton Cpl 296 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 3, 1916 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company IV. A. 51., St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, -, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Frederick Walter and Elizabeth Vyall, of 3, North Avenue, West Ealing, London. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Waites Charles Henry Cpl 502688 29 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 18, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company III. C. 4., Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, -, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Mrs. Emily Waites, of 64, Olive Avenue, Toronto. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Ward Henry Glassford Spr 541695 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 24, 1918 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company Range 6. Sec. 1. Lot 2., St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Tubercular meningitis Additional Information Son of the late Henry Ward and Rachel Alice Oberholtzer Ward, of 92, Kippindavie Avenue, Toronto, Ont. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Warden Ernest Alfred Cpl 83264 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 16, 1917 Canadian Corps H.Q. Signal Company K. 19., Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Whilst engaged in carrying despatches at night, a motor lorry on the wrong side of the road collided with him, with the result that he was so seriously injured that he only lived a few hours after the accident. Additional Information Son of Ernest William and Emily J. Warden, of Clapham Rd., London, England. Electrical Engineer; Educated at Surrey House School, Margate, and Dulwich College, England. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Watterson Austin Douglas Spr 85539 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 31, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. G. 12., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Braquemont. War Diary states killed 'on artillery lines'. Additional Information Son of John and Jennie Watterson, of 138, Murray St., Montreal. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Wells William Henry Spr 7847 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 9, 1918 Signal Troop Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment III. C. 15., Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, -, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Charles and Emma Wells of Toronto; Husband of Gardien Burnett Wells of 102 Balliol St, Toronto, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age White Earl Austin Spr 2266109 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 9, 1918 Signal Training Depot Blk. Ruby. Lot 36. 1., Mount Forest Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Pnemonia Additional Information Son of Thomas Henry and Esther White, of Mount Forest, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Wild William John Spr 240219 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 2, 1918 III. E. 27., Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of George and Jane Wild, of Hamilton, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Wilde Lytton Middleton 2Cpl 541684 MM and Bar 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 23, 1917 4th Canadian Divisional Signal Company VI. H. 16A., Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Died of Wounds Details: Died of Mustard Gas poisoning. Evacuated to a Casualty Clearing Station on 21 November 1917 and died on 23 November at No. 2 Australian General Hospital. Additional Information Some records show his initials as "L.M." and others as just "M."; Son of Fannie and the late Frederick Wilde, of Blairmore, Alberta, Canada. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Wilson William Webster Capt 26 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 9, 1916 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company -, Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Wood James Spr 2014172 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 17, 1918 Signal Training Depot Sec 29. Lot G. Grave 36., Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Lobar pnemonia Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Woodward Roy Cecil Spr 503183 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 10, 1918 Signal Pool VII. F. 11., Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Hezekiah and Marian Woodward, of Cannington, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Worthington Harold Spr 228192 20 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 31, 1917 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company II. G. 11., Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Marker Casualty Details Killed in Action Details: Location: vicinity of Braquemont. War Diary states killed 'on artillery lines'. Additional Information Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Worthington, of 141, Albany Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.