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In memory of Seaforth's faller
Pte. Samuel Hays
Dorrance - was born
on November 7, 1887 in
McKillop Twp., Huron
County, Ontario, and
died on September 6,
1918. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. S.
Dorrance, of Seaforth
and was the husband of
Mrs. Mae Dorrance, of
Seaforth, Ontario. Pte
Dorrance enlisted on
May 8, 1916 at
Seaforth, Ontario with
D -Company of the
161st Huron Battalion
and was a chauffeur by
trade. He later joined
the 2nd Battalion of
the Canadian Machine
Gun Corps. He is
buried at Faubourg-d'
Amiens Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. He
was 30 years old.
Edgar, Pte. Thomas
Edgar - was born on
December 4, 1895 in
Cumberland, England
and died on January
11, 1916. He was the
son of Robert and
Martha Edgar, of
Seaforth, Ontario and
was an iron worker by
trade. He enlisted on
the Niagara Campus
on May 31, 1915. Pte.
Edgar joined the 15th
Battalion with the
Canadian Infantry
(Central Ontario
Regiment). He is
buried at La Plus
Douve Farm Cemetery,
Belgium. He was 20
years old.
Lieu. Clarence Scott
Garden - died on June
2, 1918. He was the son
of George Frederick
Scott Garden and
Clarissa Hays Garden
of Toronto, Ontario. He
joined the No. 4
Training Deport
Station with the Royal
Air Force. Lieu.
Garden was killed in
an airplane mishap at
Hooton Hall, Little
Sutton, Cheshire,
England. Before enlist-
ing he was a member of
the staff of the
Canadian bank of
Commerce in Toronto
for eight years. He
trained for the air serv-
ice in Toronto, Texas,
and Deseronto, and left
for England in
February, 1918. He is
buried at Eastham (St.
Mary) Churchyard,
Cheshire, United
Kingdom. He was 26
years old.
Pte. Thomas Edward
Govenlock - was born
on May 5, 1892 in
McKillop Twp., Huron
County, Ontario and
died on September 30,
1916. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Govenlock of Seaforth,
Ontario, and was a
teacher by trade. He
enlisted at Montreal,
Quebec, on October 20,
1915 in the 4th
Universities Company,
PPCLI and went over-
seas in November. He
joined the Signal
Section of the 21st
Battalion of the
Canadian Infantry
(Eastern Ontario
Regiment) in France
the latter part of
August 1916, on the
Somme front. Not long
after, while off duty, .he
was instantly killed by
a stray shell. He is
buried at Ovillers
Military Cemetery
(Courcelette), Somme,
France. Pte. Govenlock
was 24 years old.
Wiliam H. Hall -
information is
unknown
Cpl. William Hart -
was born on November
17, 1878 at Govan,
Scotland and died on
September 23, 1918.
He was married to Mrs.
Jane Hart,
Egmondville, Ontario
and was a labourer by
trade. He enlisted on
January 1, 1916 at
Seaforth with D -
Company of the 161st
Huron Battalion and
Susan Hundertmark photos
Seaforth Legion president Gwen Harburn lights can-
dles in memory of fallen veterans from the area at the
annual church service for Remembrance Day held
this year at Egmondville United Church.
later joined the 2nd
Battalion of the
Canadian Machine
Gun Corps. He is
buried at Sunken Road
Cemetery, Boisleux-St.
Marc, Pas de Calais,
France. He was 39
years old.
Lance Corporal
James Scott Hays -
was born on October 3,
1889 at Seaforth,
Ontario and died on
June 4, 1916. He was
the son of Thomas E.
Hays, of Seaforth,
Ontario, and the late
Elsie Hays an wag an -
accountant by trade.
Lance Cpl. Hays was
commissioned on
August 9, 1915 at
Regina, Saskatchewan.
He later became a part
of the Canadian
Infantry (Eastern
Ontario Regiment). He
has no known grave
and is among the over
55,000 names on the
Menin Gate Memorial,
Ypres (Ieper), Belgium.
He was 26 years old.
W. Stanley Hays -
died on March 3, 1918
and 'was the son of
Stanley and Mary
Hays of Seaforth,
Ontario. He was an air
mechanic 2nd Class
with the Royal Flying
Corps, Great Britain.
He is buried in the
Seaforth (Maitland
Bank) Cemetery,
Seaforth, Ontario,
Canada
Lieu. James
Ambrose Horan - was
Lest We Forget Sunday, November 11, 2007
born on December 7,
1880 at Seaforth,
Ontario and died on
October 25, 1916. He
was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Horan, of
Seaforth, Ontario and
was the husband of
Gertrude Catherine
McMurdie Horan, of
Kenora, Ontario. He
belonged to the 34th
Overseas Battalion and
had previous military
service with the 38th
Regiment as
Lieutenant. Lieu.
Horan enlisted for the
Great War on January
15, 1916 at Dryden,
Ontario and joined the
46th Battalion with the
Canadian Infantry
(Saskatchewan
Regiment). He was
missing in action and
presumed dead. His
name can be found on
the Vimy Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France.
He was 34 years old.
Pte. James Johnston
Hutchinson - was
born on December 11,
1883 in Milford County
Armagh, Armagh,
Ireland and died on
August 24, 1916. He
was the son of Thomas
and Annie Hutchinson,
of Milford, Armagh,
Ireland and was a jani-
tor by trade. He enlist-
ed at Halifax, Nova
Scotia on August 25,
1915 and had former
military service with
the 33rd Huron
Battalion. Pte.
Hutchinson later'
joined B -Company of
the Royal Canadian
• Regiment. He is buried
at Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery,
Belgium. He was 35
years old.
Pte. James Jamieson
was born on
September 19, 1889 at
Seaforth, Ontario and
died on October 26,
1917. He was the son of
William and Mary
Jamieson, of
Londesborough,
Ontario and was a
farmer by trade. He
enlisted on March 1,
1916 at Camrose,
Alberta and had previ-
ous military service
with the 101st
Fusiliers Edmonton in
1912. Pte. Jamieson
later joined the 50th
Battalion of the
Canadian Infantry
(Alberta Regiment). He
is buried at Nine Elms
British Cemetery,
Belgium. He was 28
years old.
Lt. Arthur Smith
McLean - was born on
April 29, 1881 at
Seaforth, Ontario an
died on August 15,
1917. He was the son of
Murdo Young McLean
and Jenny Smith
McLean of Seaforth,
Ontario and was a
Dominion Land Agent
at Grande Prairie,
Alberta. Arthur
McLean was appointed
a lieutenant in the
33rd battalion, CEF in
August, 1915. He was
transferred to the 13th
Battalion of the
Canadian Infantry
(Quebec Regiment). Lt.
McLean served in
France and was
wounded September,
1916. He died of
wounds received at Hill
70, Lens, on August 15,
1917. He is buried at
Noeux-les-Mines
Communal Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France.
He was 36 years old.
Private John
Edmund McLeod -
was born on January 5,
1896 in McKillop
Township, Huron
County, and died
August 9, 1918. He was
the son of John S. and
Sarah Letitia McLeod, '
of Seaforth, Ontario
(Ethel, Ontario on
attegtation papers) and