Mar 11, 1893

Born at Handforth Cheshire England

Nov 6, 1914

Attested into the 21^st Battalion at Kingston Ontario 

Ø     Number 59531 (temporary number 314)

Ø     Next of kin given as Sarah Kay (mother) of 9 Alberts Grove, Reddish Lane, Gorton Manchester, Lancashire England

Ø     Previous occupation given as Farmer

Ø     No previous military experience given

Ø     Religion given as Church of England

Ø     Assigned to “C” Company

Feb 5, 1915

Admitted to Kingston Hospital with Bronchitis

Feb 9, 1915

Discharged from hospital

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal Quebec

May 15, 1915

Disembarked at Devonport England and proceeded to West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent

Sep 14, 1915

Embarked the St Seiriol at Folkestone

Sep 15, 1915

Disembarked at Boulogne France

Nov 5, 1915

Awarded 2 days Field Punishment No 2 for disobeying an order in the field

Aug 11, 1916

Admitted No 14 General Hospital at Wimereux with a shrapnel wound to right hand

Aug 13, 1916

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel

Posted to CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) at Folkestone

Aug 14, 1916

Admitted to No 2 Western Hospital at Manchester, ward B1, bed 2. 

An X-Ray shows a piece of shrapnel lodged in ball of the thumb of right hand

Aug 17, 1916

Surgery performed to remove shrapnel piece

Sep 9, 1916

Transferred to Woodcote Park Hospital at Epsom

Sep 16, 1916

Transferred to Canadian Red Cross Hospital at Bushy Park

Sep 19, 1916

Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park, Epsom

Oct 9, 1916

Discharged from hospital and sent to CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) as fit for duty

Oct 13, 1916

Posted to the 39^th Reserve Battalion

Nov 6, 1916

Awarded the Good Conduct Badge

Jan 4, 1917

SOS on transfer to the 6^th Reserve Battalion

Mar 6, 1917

TOS 21^st Battalion on arrival at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in France

Mar 31, 1917

Left CBD to join the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion

Apr 2, 1917

Joined the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion in the field

Apr 16, 1917

Left to join unit

Apr 17, 1917

Joined the 21^st Battalion in the field

May 23, 1917

Attached to the 4^th CIB (Canadian Infantry Brigade) for duty

Jun 1, 1917

Returned to battalion from 4^th CIB

Aug 17, 1917

Proceeded on course (not specified which course or location)

Sep 20, 1917

Granted 10 days leave

Oct 1, 1917

At duty from leave

Dec 30, 1917

Granted 14 days leave

Jan 14, 1918

At duty from leave

Oct 11, 1918

Admitted to #9 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with wounds to chest and left arm 

Transferred same day to #33 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)

Oct 14, 1918

Transferred to AT 16 (Ambulance Transport)

Oct 15, 1918

Admitted to No 22 General Hospital at Camiers

Oct 20, 1918

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen

Posted to EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) 

Admitted to the War Hospital at Chester

Oct 24, 1918

Transferred to Middlewich Hospital

Dec 17, 1918

Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Epsom

Jan 27, 1919

Discharged from hospital with no disability and fit for duty

Jan 28, 1919

Placed On Command to 3^rd CCD (Canadian Casualty Depot) at Seaford

Feb 15, 1919

TOS 6^th Reserve Battalion on reporting from 3^rd CCD

Mar 18, 1919

TOS MD #3 (Military District) at Kimnel Park, Rhyl, pending return to Canada

Mar 25, 1919

SOS on proceeding to Canada 

Embarked the HMT Scotian at Liverpool

TOS No 3 DD (District Depot) Kingston Ontario

Apr 4, 1919

Disembarked at St John New Brunswick and proceeded to Kingston

Apr 7, 1919

Discharged from the CEF at Kingston Ontario 

Ø     War Service Badge Class “A” issued, number 246005

Ø     Proposed residence on discharge – Camden East Ontario

Apr 20, 1921

British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to Camden East Ontario

Aug 5, 1927

Note on Medals card reads “B & V ret’d by Col Comm’ding RCA – Medals forfeited Auth 649-K-1609” 

I could find no further information on this.  I would assume something occurred post war to warrant this. 

There is also a report in the book The War Work of Lennox and Addington that he was awarded a Military Medal in 1919.  There is no evidence of this award, either in the file or in the London Gazette.