Feb 23, 1879
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Born at Burritts
Rapids, Grenville Twsp, Oxford County, Canada
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Nov 1, 1914
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Attested into 21st
Battalion at Kingston Ontario
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Number 59548
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Very shortly after
was made an Honorary Captain, and Chaplain to the Battalion
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Next of Kin given
as Mrs Margaret Louise Dealtry Kidd (wife) of Brockville Ontario
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Former occupation
given as “Clerk in Holy Orders”
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Previous military
experience given as “Boy Scouts and Cadets”
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Religion given as
Church of England
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Note that the
Attestation Papers are dated November 1, 1915 in 3
separate places, it clearly should read 1914
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the SS
Metagama at Montreal for England
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
England and proceeded to West Sandling Camp, near Hythe
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Jul 31, 1915
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TOS (Taken on
Strength) Duchess of Connaught Red Cross Hospital
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Sep 5, 1915
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TOS by the
Department of Chaplain Services
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Sep 9, 1915
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Transferred to 2nd
Div HQ and detailed for duty to the 4th CIB
(Canadian Infantry Brigade) as Chaplain (Church of England) by the OC
of the Canadian 2nd Division
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
France
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Dec 24, 1915
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Admitted to No 5
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with Bronchitis and transferred to the
Officer’s Rest Station at Mont Noir
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Jan 1, 1916
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Discharged from
hospital to duty
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Nov 25, 1916
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Awarded the
Military Cross, London Gazette #29837
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Dec 29, 1916
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Granted 10 days
leave
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Jan 8, 1917
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Granted extension
of leave to January 11, 1917
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Jun 11, 1917
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To be Honorary
Major, London Gazette #30178
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Feb 2, 1918
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Posted to 2nd
Division HQ and attached to 21st Battalion for
duty
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May 28, 1918
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Mentioned in
Despatches, London Gazette #30706
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Jul 19, 1918
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Transferred to
Canadian Corps at Shorncliffe
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Jul 20, 1918
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TOS Chaplain
Service OMFC on returning from France
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Jul 21, 1918
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Granted leave
until July 31, 1918
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Aug 1, 1918
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Posted for duty to
Bramshott Area
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Oct 6, 1918
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Proceeded on
Command to Canadian Segregation Camp at Rhyl
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Nov 29, 1918
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Attached to HQ
Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park and assumes duties of Senior
Chaplain
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Jul 25, 1919
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Ceases to be on
Command
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Aug 3, 1919
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SOS OMFC on
embarkation for Canada
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Aug 14, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF at Quebec City, Quebec, on general demobilization
Address on
Discharge, Trinity Rectory, Brockville Ontario
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Rev. W.E. Kidd MC, served as president of the 21st
Battalion Association
from 1939 to 1945. In
recognition of that service, the association
presented him with the Past President’s Medal
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Apr 4, 1970
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Deceased at Galt
Ontario
Buried in the Anglican Cemetery,
Brockville Ontario, but prior to burial, there was a service for 21st
Battalion veterans in Kingston
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