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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-11-04, Page 20Page 20 The Huron Expositor • November 4, 2009 In memor of Seaforth's fallen heros from World War One The following research was com- pleted by Tracy McLennan, of London, who grew up in the Seaforth area. Pte. Andrew William Archibald - was born on February 4, 1892 in Seaforth, Ontario and died on April 4, 1917. He was the son of Andrew and Margaret S. Archibald of Seaforth, Ontario. Pte. Archibald enlisted on April 23, 1915 at Toronto, Ontario in the 35th Battalion, Machine Gun Section. The following January, he joined the 18th Battalion in France, and in that unit served in the Ypres area and at St. Eloi and the Somme, In the latter battle he was wounded on October 19. Early in 1918 he trans- ferred .to the 14th Machine Gun Company. He was killed by shrapnel a few days before the battle of Vimy Ridge. He is buried at Ecoivre, Mont St. Eloi, France. He was 25 years old. Pte. Albert Russell Bates - was born on October 29, 1898 at Goderich, Ontario and died on September 27, 1918. He was the son of William K. and Margaret Bates of Toronto, Ontario. Pte. Bates enlisted at Goderich on January 17, 1916 as a "Bugler" with drum/bugle corps of the B -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion. He later became a part of "A" Company, 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). He is buried at Ontario Cemetery, Sains-Les- Marquion, Northern France. He was 19 years old. Pte. Bernard Brown - was born July 2, 1896 in Scotland and died on September 12, 1918 at Cambrai, France. His stated next-of-kin was his brother, Edward Brown of Ripley, Ontario. He was a farmer by trade. Pte. Brown enlisted January 1, 1916 at Seaforth, Ontario with the D -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion. Later he became a part of the 58th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). He is buried at Sun Quarry Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. ` He wa 22 years old. Pte. John E. Idon Bullard - was born on April 11, 1899 in Winthrop, Ontario and died on October 24, 1918. He was the son of John F. and Margaret Bullard, of Seaforth, Huron county9on Col., Ontario and was a blacksmith by trade. He was commissioned on February 29, 1916 at Seaforth, Ontario with the D -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion. Later he joined the 43rd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). He died of wounds received at the Battle of Cambrai and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. He was 19 years old. Pte. Alexander Douglas Macdonald Calder - was born on June 24, 1888 at Seaforth Ontario and died on April 9, 1917. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Calder and was the husband of Gertrude R. Brodie (formerly Calder) of Redwood City, California, USA. He enlisted on March 16, 1916 at Toronto, Ontario with a Highland Battalion and later joined the 15th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Pte. Calder wrote his wife and young daughter three days before he was killed. He had a premonition of his death and told his wife to get his affairs in order so she and their child would be looked after. He was formerly employed as a plumber at Union Stock Yards in Toronto. Pte. Calder is buried at Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was 28 years old. Pte. Herbert Trewartha Chapman - was born on September 3, 1888 at Mount Forest, Ontario and died on October 25, 1916. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Chapman, of Seaforth; husband of Emma Selena Chapman, of Seaforth, Ontario (Moorefield, Ontario - according to Attestation papers). He was a tinsmith by trade. He was commissioned on Sept. 13, 1915 at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. He joined the 44th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). He was missing and pre- sumed dead and his name is located on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was 27 years old. Lt. Francis Nicholas Cluff - was born on November 17, 1893 in Seaforth, Ontario. Pte. Cluff was the son of Noble and Margaret Knechtel Cluff, of Seaforth, Ontario. He had pre -World War 1 duty with the 33rd Huron Battalion from 1915-1916, and was commissioned December 21, 1915 in Seaforth with the D -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was a student studying Dentistry at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. Lt. Cluff went overseas in November and he reached France in May, 1918, joining the 49th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Albert Regiment). While serving in France with the 49th, he was killed in action on August 26, 1918 by a machine gun bullet when his battalion took part in an attack at Pelves, east of Arras. He is buried at Gourock Trench Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Pas -de -Calais, France. Pte. Cluff was 24 years old. Pte. Rollo Elmer Cook - was born on November 3, 1891 in Michigan, USA and died on September 29, 1918. His mother, Mrs. Jane Cook, was listed as the next of kin on his Attestation papers. He was a farmer by trade and was commissioned on January 14, 1916 at Seaforth, Ontario with D -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion. Pte. Cook later joined the 58th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). He is bur- ied at Anneux British Cemetery, Northern France, He was 26 years old. Pte. Edward Cecil Dilling - was born January 1, 1893 at Seaforth, Ontario and died on August 23; 1918. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dilling, of Kippen, Ontario. He was a farmer by trade and joined the war on January 24, 1916 at Seaforth with D -Company of the 161st Huron Battalion. He later joined the 47th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) and was buried at Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was 25 years old. 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 III Remember These Who Gave Their Lives For Peace Seafjth4\i1ima1rill.laIII.IIPL Dr. Kathleen Day Dunbar 80205 North Line Seaforth 519-527-1760 Thank You to all the men and women who fought i $:‘i I C ,, ,C 11 Maio SL .519527 0240 Seaforth STRENGTH OF OUR NATION 4•4 4 1 t• 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 ♦ 4 4