Sep 21, 1891

Born at Cartonel Lancashire England

Jul 31, 1915

Enlisted in the 42^nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment at Smith’s Falls Ontario

Aug 3, 1915

Attested into the 77^th Battalion at Smith’s Falls Ontario 

Ø      Number 144519

Ø      Next of kin given as Mary Lloyd (widowed mother) of 28 Glanville Ave., Fairbanks Ontario

Ø      Previous occupation given as Press Feeder

Ø      No previous military experience given

Ø      Religion given as Methodist

Oct 23, 1915

Embarked the SS California at Quebec City, Quebec

Oct 31, 1915

Disembarked at Plymouth England and proceeded to Shorncliffe Camp 

TOS (Taken On Strength) the 12^th Reserve Battalion

Mar 15, 1916

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Mar 16, 1916

Arrived at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at Havre France and TOS the 21^st Battalion

Mar 18, 1916

Left CBD Havre for the 21^st Battalion

Mar 21, 1916

Joined the 21^st Battalion in the field

Sep 17, 1916

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Maheno with gun shot wound to right thigh

Sep 18, 1916

Admitted to No 1 Southern General Hospital at Birmingham

Oct 30, 1916

Transferred to Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Epsom

Nov 13, 1916

Discharged from hospital to Convalescent Depot at Shoreham for Physical Training

Nov 15, 1916

TOS CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre)

Nov 16, 1916

Attached to the CCD (Canadian Convalescent Depot) and admitted to St Leonard’s Hospital

Dec 15, 1916

Medical Board held at St Leonard’s on the Sea 

Ø      Patient has healed

Ø      Declared fit for duty and classified “A1”

Dec 21, 1916

TOS 1^st CCTB (Canadian Corps Training Battalion) at Hastings

Jan 24, 1917

TOS 6^th Reserve Battalion

Mar 6, 1917

TOS 21^st Battalion but remained at Seaford

Mar 31, 1917

Left for 2^nd Entrenching Battalion

Apr 2, 1917

Joined the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion

Apr 16, 1917

Left to join unit

Apr 17, 1917

Joined the 21^st Battalion in the field

Aug 24, 1917

Appointed to rank of Lance Corporal

Aug 29, 1917

To 1^st Army Rest Camp

Sep 10, 1917

Rejoined Battalion from Rest Camp

Nov 2, 1917

Awarded the Military Medal, London Gazette #30364

Description of action supplied by S Nichol

Dec 1, 1917

Promoted to rank of Corporal

Dec 26, 1917

Granted 14 days leave

Jan 11, 1918

Returned from leave

Jul 7, 1918

Appointed to rank of Lance Sergeant

Aug 28, 1918

Admitted to No 8 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) then transferred to CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) with wound to left hand from a machine gun bullet and suffering from effects of gas during the attack at Arras

Sep 1, 1918

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Pieter de Coninck 

Posted to EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) 

Admitted to Central Military Hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham 

X-ray dated September 6 shows a comminuted fracture (the bone is shattered) in the little finger of the left hand

Sep 3, 1918

Transferred to No 11 Canadian General Hospital, Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe

Oct 17, 1918

Transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital at Epsom

Oct 23, 1918

Discharged from hospital and placed On Command to 1^st CCD at Witley

Nov 1, 1918

Admitted to 1^st CCD from Epsom

Nov 15, 1918

Ceases to be On Command to CCD and posted to 6^th Reserve Battalion

Dec 13, 1918

On Command to Kinmel Park, Rhyl, pending despatch to Canada

Jan 12, 1919

SOS Rhyl on proceeding to Canada 

Embarked the Empress of Britain at Liverpool

Jan 13, 1919

TOS No 2 District Depot Toronto

Jan 22, 1919

Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia 

Posted to the Exhibition Camp Casualty Company (Toronto)

Jan 27, 1919

Granted leave with subsistence until February 11, 1919

Feb 11, 1919

Awarded Bar to Military Medal, London Gazette #31173

Feb 17, 1919

Medical Board at Exhibition Camp, Toronto, notes: 

Ø      Wounded in left hand by machine gun bullet, Aug 28, 1918

Ø      Partial loss of function of left little finger

Ø      Was also wounded by gun shot to right thigh (no disability or lasting effects)

Ø      Will not be able to resume former employment as he was used to

Ø      Feels that he would be better off if the finger was amputated

Feb 21, 1919

SOS DD#2 on being discharged from the CEF at Toronto Ontario 

Ø      War Service Badge Class “A” issued, No 89620

Ø      Proposed residence on discharge – 92 Lavina Ave., Swansea (Toronto) Ontario

Ø      Entitled to WSG (War Service Gratuity)

Aug 27, 1921

British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to him at 92 Lavina Ave., Swansea (Toronto) Ontario

Nov 6, 1982

Deceased at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto Ontario