Private Arthur Arber (Regimental/Service #7012), enlisted on September 17, 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec with the the 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (1st Infantry Brigade).
He was born on March 6, 1893 in Warrington, Lancashire England. At the time of his enlistment, he was not married and he listed is occupation as a labourer. His religion was listed as Church of England.
His unit sailed on October 3, 1914. Arthur served at the front from February 1915. He was wounded at Givenchy on June 15, 1915. The gunshot wound to his right arm later became infected and resulted in an amputation. He was discharged from service on January 27, 1916.
He resided in Preston, Ontario at the time of his discharge.
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Arber, Arthur
Private.
Enlisted very early in the war and was discharged in 1915. His home is in Preston, Ontario.
Babbs, George
Sergeant.
Regiment number 7234.
Born March 15, 1884, Holloway-Middlesex, England, son of William Alfred and Elizabeth Babbs.
Church of England.
Enlisted with the Army, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), 1st Battalion at Val Cartier, Quebec on Sept 19, 1914. His division sailed on October 3, 1914 and arrived in England 10 days later. He was killed in action by an explosion of a mine at Zillebeke Sector on April 26, 1916. He is resting at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference XVI.F.2.
Next of kin, Cecil Babbs (brother) 66 Romilly Road, Finsbury Park, London, England.
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Baines, Bertie Charles
Staff Sergeant.
Enlisted August 7, 1914. With the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion.
Presbyterian.
Born in Peterborough, England Sept. 12, 1893.
Educated at Peterborough in the public and technical schools. Came to Canada in March 1910.
Married and has one child. Address: 41 McNaughton St. Galt.
Left Valcartier September 23, 1914, trained at Salisbury till February, 1915. Trenches February 28, 1915. Was through Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and Festubert. Wounded May 26, 1915. Shot in jaw also wounded in left arm and foot.
Discharged February 19, 1916.
Barker, George Charles
Private.
Regiment number: 7120
George served with the 1st Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment) in Belgium. He enlisted, and signed his attestation papers in September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec when he was 19. He listed himself as a member of the Church of England.
George was born on January 12, 1896 in Brentwood, Essex, England to Henry and Mary Barker. She was noted as his next of kin, living at Crookston Park, Blair, Ontario, as he was unmarried. On enlistment, he worked as a Buffer and Polisher at the Galt Brass Works, and had served for a year in the 29th Waterloo Regiment.
There is some confusion about the details of his death, but he was listed as missing and presumed dead as of April 22, 1915 near Ypres (Vlamertinghe), Belgium. The Battalion had just arrived in Belgium when the Second Battle of Ypres began. The Germans attacked with the first large-scale use of chlorine gas. George is commemorated on page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, as well as on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium (panel 10-26-28), and the Galt War Memorial in Cambridge, Ontario.
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Barker, George Charles
Private.
He was employed by the Galt Brass Works, Ltd. Galt.
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Benn, Louis Kossuth
Private.
Enlisted August 5, 1914 with the 1st Battalion. He did not transfer.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Born June 15, 1894 in Bradford, York, England and educated in England. He left England for Canada on August 4, 1911. Unmarried.
He was discharged February 7, 1916 and he died at the Galt Hospital from Spanish Influenza contracted while nursing other cases.
His mother (Mrs. Benn) lives at Ellis Crossing near Hespeler. Her address is Box 274, Preston. Ontario.
He left Preston for Valcartier Camp August 10, 1914 and sailed for England during November 1914. He went to France in February 1915. He received a shrapnel wound in the back at Langemark.
Ula Pateman, Box 274, Preston.
Sergeant Edward Bird (Regimental/Service #7019), enlisted on September 22, 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, with the 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). He was born in Leicester, England on August 1, 1884. He is the son of James and Elizabeth Bird of 12 Linford Street, Belgrave Leicester, England.
At the time of his enlistment he was not married and his trade was a shoe cutter. His listed his religion as Church of England.
His unit sailed on October 3, 1914. Edward received a field promotion from Corporal to Sergeant on April 24, 1915.
He was reported missing in action near Givenchy, France and was presumed to have died on June 15, 1915. Edward was 30 years of age. His sacrifice is honoured at the Vimy Memorial in France.
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Kerr, George Fraser
Captain.
He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross with a bar and the Military Medal.
He was formerly a student at the Galt Collegiate Institute.
He was born in Deseronto, Ontario and enlisted at Valcartier, Quebec, September 9, 1914. He belonged to the 3rd Battalion.
His next of kin is John J. Kerr, 135 Tyndall Ave., Toronto.
He enlisted as a private.
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Lumber, Walter, Charles
Sargeant.
Was attached to 1st Battalion C.E.F. was did not get overseas with them.
He enlisted at Valcartier, September 22, 1914 and went overseas with the 111th Battalion.
He was born in England and his next of kin is Mrs, Elizabeth Lumber, 6 Providence Rd., Bruton, Somerset, England.
He has returned to Preston.
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McMaster, John Thomas
Corporal.
Enlisted August 14, 1914 with 29th Battalion Highland Light Infantry.
Roman Catholic.
Born September 8, 1880 educated at Hespeler Public School.
Trained at Valcartier, left for overseas September 28, 1914, trained at Salisbury Plains left for France February 6, 1915.
He was accidentally killed at Nantes, France on February 12, 1915 and is buried at Bouteillers Cemetery, Nantes, France.
He was a veteran of the South African War, going over with 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles April 1902 and was honorably discharged that same year.
His next of kin is Thomas McMaster, Box 69, Hespeler, Ontario.
Margaret Brewster, Hespeler, Ontario.
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Seibert, Robert Arthur
He enlisted in August 1914 with the 1st Battalion. Trained at Valcartier and left Canada in October 1914. He went to Salisbury Plains and then to France on March 9, 1915. On April 23, 1915 he was wounded and from May to October he spent in hospital in England. In November 1915 he was invalided to Canada and discharged in June 1916.
He re-enlisted July 15, 1917 and saw service in England and France.
He returned to Canada April 23, 1919
He received his education in Kitchener. Unmarried.
Methodist.
