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Seaforth's fallen heroes from World War One
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be found on the Menin
Gate, Ypres (Ieper),
Belgium. He was 24
years old.
Sapper Charles
Frederick Rolph -
was born on March 18,
1889 at West Ham,
London, England and
died on March 28,
1917. He was the son
of Charles and Harriet
Kathleen Rolph, of
England and was a
telephone lineman by
trade. He enlisted on
January 17, 1916 at
London, Ontario.
• Sapper Rolph became a
part of 12th Field
Company with the
Canadian Engineers.
He is buried at Villers
Station Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. He
was 27 years old.
Pte. Clifford William
Ruffell - was born on
July 28, 1899 at
Croydon, England and
died on October 26,
1917. His next of kin
(on his attestation
papers) was Mrs. E.
Ruffell of March
Cottage, Midhurst,
Sussex, England. He
was a farmer by trade
and joined D -Comply
of the 161st Huron
Battalion on December
23, 1915 at Seaforth,
Ontario. He later
joined the 58th
Battalion of the
Canadian Infantry
(Central Ontario
Regiment). He has no
known grave and his
name can be found on
the Mersin Gate, Ypres
(Ieper), Belgium. He
was 18 years old.
Pte. Russell George
Scott - was born on
August 14, 1891 at
Tuckersmith Twp.
Ontario. His next of
kin (attestation paper)
was Mrs. R.A. Scott, 33
Garnock Ave. Toronto, and Sarah Weiland of
Ontario. He was a civil Egmondville, Ontario
engineer by trade and and was a printer by
was commissioned on trade. He was con -
December 20, 1915 at scripted under the
Zbronto, Ontario. Military Services Act
Pte. James on May 1, 1918 at
Spearpoint - was Toronto, Ontario. He
born on May 13, 1893 joined the Canadian
at Folkestone, England Machine Gun Corps.
and died on August 29, He has no known grave
1918. His next of kin and his name is located
was William on the Halifax
Spearpoint (father - Memorial, Halifax,
Folkestone, England) Nova Scotia. He was
and he was a farmer by 28 years old.
trade. Pte. Spearpoint Pte. George Andrew
enlisted on November Weiland - was born on
2, 1914 at Clinton, July 28, 1897 at
Ontario. Later, he Seaforth, Ontario and
joined the 8th died on September 27,
Battalion with the 1918. He was the son
Canadian Infantry of Henry and Sarah
(Manitoba Regiment). Weiland of
He has no known grave Egmondville, Ontario
and his name can be who also lost another
found on the Vimy son, Francis (Frank) in
Memorial, Pas de the Great War. Pte.
Calais, France. He was George Weiland was a
25 years old. barber by trade and
Pte. Percy Vanner - was conscripted under
was born on January the Military Services
21, 1896 in Paris, Act on January 8, 1918
France and died on at Stratford, Ontario.
August 8, 1918. He He was a part of the
lived at R.R. #1, 1st Battalion with the
Seaforth, Ontario and Canadian Infantry
his next of kin (attesta- (Western Ontario
tion papers) was Ellen Regiment). He has no
Vanner (mother), known grave and his
London, England (SE name is located on the
19 Berry St.) Pte. Vimy Memorial, Pas de
Vanner was a farmer Calais, France. He was
by trade and enlisted 21 years old.
on November 4, 1915 Pte. Frederick
at London, Ontario. He David Weir - was born
later was moved to the on September 11, 1897
18th Battalion with at Milton, North
the Canadian Infantry Dakota, USA and died
(Western Ontario on March 21, 1917. His
Regiment). He was next of kin (attestation
buried at Crucifix paper) was Catherine
Corner Cemetery, Weir (mother) of
Villers-Bretonneux, Seaforth, Ontario. He
Somme, France. He enlisted on September
was 22 years old. 21, 1915 at Toronto,
Pte. Francis Weiland 'Ontario an was a stu-
- was born on May 4, dent by trade. He later
1890 in Seaforth, joined the 3rd
Ontario anti died on Company of the
October 15, 1918. He Canadian Machine
was the son of Henry Gun Corps. He is
buried in
A u b i g n y
Communal
Cemetery
Extension, Pas
de Calais,
France. He was
19 years old.
West, Pte.
Robert
Ingersoll
West - was
born on March
10, 1894 at
Cavelier, North
Dakota, USA
and died on
August 24,
1918. He was
the son of
George and
Margaret A.C.
West of
Seaforth,
Ontario and
was a sales-
man by trade.
He enlisted on
September 7,
1917 at
Winnipeg,
Manitoba. He
later joined the
78th Battalion
The
soldier
on Seaforth's cenotaph
of the Canadian Regiment). He is
Infantry (Manitoba buried at Hillside
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ho served their country during wartime and in
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ar (1914-18), the Second World War
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Cemetery, Somme,
France. He was 24
years old.
Pte. Charles Victor
Westcott - was born
on July 30, 1895 at
Seaforth, Ontario and
died on September 29,
1918. He was the son
of William and Annie
Westcott of Seaforth,
Ontario and was a
bookkeeper by trade.
He enlisted on
December 8, 1915 at
Seaforth, Ontario with
D -Company of the
161st Huron Battalion.
He later was moved to
B -Company of the 47th
Battalion of the
Canadian Infantry
(Western Ontario
Regiment). He was list-
ed as killed in action
on September 29, 1918
at Bourton Wood and is
buried at Anneux
British Cemetery,
Nord, France.He was
23 years old.
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