Henry Lingard



Jun 29, 1861

Born in Port Hope, Ontario to Thomas and Mary Ann (nee Griffin) Lingard

Henry Lingard married Margaret Maggie Graham in Port Hope in 1881

His father, Thomas, was murdered June 10, 1895, and his killer was sentenced to hang the following year

 

Sep 17, 1889

Wife Margaret died in Hope Township, Ontario

 

Jun 27, 1895

Shown on the payroll of the 46th Durham Battalion, Canadian Militia attending the summer camp at the Barriefield Camp, Kingston, Ontario

 

Jun 26, 1901

Married to Annie Gray in Cobourg, Ontario

 

Oct 29, 1914

Shown on the payroll of the 40th Northumberland Regiment

 

Nov 5, 1914

Attested into the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario

 

Ø  Number 59592 (temporary number 321)

Ø  Next of kin given as Annie Lingard, wife, Cobourg, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Labourer

Ø  No previous military experience given

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

Ø  Poste to “C” Company

o   This was later reorganized into “B” Company

A search through Ancestry, census records and attestation papers show several different ages for Henry Lingard.  His birth has been recorded in different years ranging from 1861 to 1871.  For the purposes of this tribute, I am using the age noted on his headstone.  He reported that neither of his parents were alive when he attested.

His medical exam was originally marked as “unfit”, but was crossed out and marked as “fit”.

The 21st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.

 

Feb 6, 1915

Admitted to Kingston hospital with a diagnosis that reads Influenza

 

Feb 8, 1915

Discharged to duty from hospital

 

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

 

 

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training

 

Aug 16, 1915

Henry Lingard was walking back to camp from Hythe when he was struck by a motor car and knocked unconscious.  He was taken to camp and was treated by the battalion’s Medical Officer in West Sandling.  The battalion’s war diary notes that it was raining heavily on that day

 

Aug 17, 1915

Admitted to the Moore Barracks Canadian Hospital in Shorncliffe with a diagnosis that reads severe contusion of right shoulder

 

Aug 26, 1915

Transferred to the Shorncliffe Military Hospital where X-rays showed a fracture of the great tuberosity and clavicle.  He was placed in a plaster cast

 

Sep 2, 1915

Transferred to the Depot Company while in hospital

 

Sep 8, 1915

Transferred to the VAD (Volunteer Aid Detachment) Convent Des Oiseaux Convalescent Home in Shorncliffe

 

Sep 25, 1915

Transferred to the 39th Reserve Battalion for pay purposes while in hospital

 

Feb 2, 1916

Transferred to the Shorncliffe Military Hospital in Shorncliffe

 

Feb 7, 1916

Discharged to duty from hospital

 

Feb 15, 1916

Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) and attached to the discharge depot in Bath pending return to Canada

 

Feb 22, 1916

Medical Board in Bath notes

Ø  Man is determined to be incapable of earning a living in a “small degree” as a result of his service

Ø  Board recommends he be granted a pension of $11.00 per month

Ø  Board recommends that he not be discharged until he is in receipt of the first payment of the pension

 

Feb 25, 1916

Embarked the SS Metagama in Liverpool

 

 

Mar 6, 1916

Disembarked in Saint John, New Brunswick and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec

 

Mar 9, 1916

Medical Board at Quebec City notes

Ø  Patient is overage

Ø  Suffers from limitation of movement of right shoulder

Ø  Cannot raise right arm above horizontal

Ø  Disability is determined to be 1/8th for his shoulder and should improve in 3 months

Ø  He is determined to be unfit for military service due to his age

 

Mar 12, 1916

Admitted to the Elmhurst Convalescent Home in Kingston, Ontario

 

Mar 31, 1916

Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario while still a patient of the convalescent home

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Entitled to War Service Badge Class “B”

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Cobourg, Ontario

 

May 10, 1916

Discharged from the Elmhurst Convalescent Home

 

Jun 29, 1916

Attested into the 235th Battalion CEF in Cobourg, Ontario

Ø  Number 1027125

Ø  Next of kin given as Annie Lingard, wife, Cobourg, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Labourer

Ø  Previous military experience given as 21st Battalion CEF

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

Ø  Posted to “A” Company

He gave his birth year as 1861

 

Nov 1, 1916

Discharged from the CEF in Belleville, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Entitled to War Service Badge Class “C”

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Cobourg, Ontario

Following the end of the war, the British War Medal was sent to him at Cobourg, Ontario

 

Dec 27, 1940

Henry Lingard died in Port Hope and was buried in the Welcome United Cemetery, Port Hope, Ontario

 

 


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