WORLD WAR I
July 29, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918
Posted in The Bancroft Times, Jan 14, 1915
Third Overseas Contingent, Ages 18 to 45. Pay: unmarried men $33 per month; married men $53 per month. Supplementary allowance may be made by Canadian Patriotic Fund to soldiers’ families. Only men meaning business need apply. Married men will need wife’s written consent.
These soldiers either were born in Coe Hill or nearby, or came to the village to enlist (Dec 1915, 1916 & 1917 Jan to April) or were living elsewhere when they did so. Old doc John Hardinge, was the Magistrate for Coe Hill who approved their application. Of those who enlisted at Coe Hill, all but two men, were sent to the 155th Overseas Battalion in the Canadian Army. The Attestation Record, when included below, was the physical exam results and signed agreement for military service.
ANDERSON, James Wesley World War I
From Turriff area. Unable to identify him on records.
ARMSTRONG, Alexander World War I
From New Carlow area. Born Sept 20, 1892. Sergeant. Unable to clarify him on records.
BEAUDERIE, Richard Benjamin World War I
From Hermon. Born March 21, 1894. Regimental No.636512. Next of kin John Beauderie, father, Hermon. A farmer. Single.
BIRD, FRANK World War I
Private. Regimental number No 636538. Born May 2, 1894 at Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted Jan 27, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Age 23 years 5 months. 5 ft 9 inches. Fair complexion. Grey eyes (later hazel), Brown Hair. Farmer. Next of kin David Bird, brother, address Coe Hill. Single. Methodist. Left Canada August 1916 on ship S. S. Northlands. In France Nov 29, 1916 to Nov 29, 1918. Frank received permission to marry on May 7, 1919. He also was wounded and treated in hospital. Returned to Canada July 11, 1919.
Discharged Rank L-CPL at Toronto on Oct 10, 1919, but another form has him sign off in Hamilton Oct 7, 1919. Intended place of residence: RD No 2, Glenfield, New York, USA re Mrs F Bird, wife, dependant. Discharged having been found medically unfit for further service. Scars, and finger injuries. He had served in England and France for a total military experience of 3 years, 8 months, 13 days with 155th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Issued War Service Badge A.
Family History. From the 1911 census, it would appear that Frank is the son of Benjamin Bird (b 1849) & wife Selina (b 1849) residence Coe Hill, until earlier census are reviewed to see if there might be an earlier wife and older children. Frank has a younger sister Makealey (b 1884), and a younger brother David (b 1889). However, Frank’s birthday is given in 1901 as Jan 1893, differing from his statement to the army official interviewing him..but he is the only Frank Bird in that census in Wollaston, let alone with a brother David, whom he named next of kin. There is no brother Charlie Bird on the 1911 census in Wollaston Twp.
BIRD, Henry World War I
Private. Service No. 636237. Born Dec 17, 1891, Wollaston according to enlistment papers, which the interviewer heard Henry say and recorded in 1916. The 1901 census gave it as Dec 20th. He is 25 years of age at enlistment, and single in 1916. A lumberman. Next of kin his mother, Mary Ferguson of Coe Hill. Henry is the youngest of Mary’s Bird boys. Enlisted Jan 28, 1916 at Coe Hill. 5 ft 9 3/4 inches tall. Dark complexion. Brown eyes, brown hair. Methodist. Assigned 155th Overseas Battn. Sailed for England Oct 18, 1916 with his brothers, Hiram Bird and maybe William Bird on same boat. Arrived England Oct 28, 1916. Sent to France Dec 5, 1916 assigned to 21st Bn Canadian Infantry. Returned to England April 4, 1918, Carpel Tunnel Syndrone of left hand. Request to marry granted July 11, and next of kin changed for payments from Mary Ferguson in Coe Hill to Mrs Olive Bird, 12 Gaspard Rd, Southampton, Sussex, England.
Returned to Canada sick. Departed Liverpool for Canada on RMS Minnedosa on March 9, 1919 with a nine day sea voyage for troops returning to Canada. Arrived March 17, 1919 and discharged at St John, New Brunswick, later in Kingston on March 19th, 1919, under General Demobilizaion. Died April 24, 1934 in Canada. According to his sibling, William Edward Ferguson’s marriage record, he was the son of Edward Bird and Mary Hannah. Buried Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Lower Faraday Road.
The 1901 census lists his birth as Dec 20, 1891, when he was living at home with his mother and her 2nd husband, Sam Ferguson, but two days difference on his attestation record and later errors makes the 1901 census information likely the most accurate. Notes from the Heritage book give his death as local tragedy. But burial not yet found in St Andrew’s Cemetery in Coe Hill. Marriage record for Sam and Mary has yet to be found. The confusion is over the use of first name Matilda Ferguson in 1911 census. It may be that Mary M Ferguson stands for Mary Matilda in all her names. Henry’s military records are available for viewing on the Canadian Library & Archives website. The 1911 census for Wollaston Twp is found in detail on this website under Coe Hill Families. She was Mary, never Matilda.
BIRD, HIRAM EDWARD World War I
Private, Service No. 636932. Canadian Infantry, 155 Bat, then transferred to 218th Bat. Born Coe Hill, Wollaston, Ontario. Mother Mary M Ferguson, next of kin. Born March 10, 1887. Labourer, Not married. Enlisted at Coe Hill on March 27, 1916, age 28, 5 ft 8 inches tall. Dark Complexion, Brown eyes; Brown hair. Methodist. Sailed from Halifax on Oct 17, 1916. Arrived in England on the SS Northlands, Oct 28, 1916. He was a scout for the army. Killed in action on the field at Vimy, April 9, 1917. No known grave. Remembered on Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. Click on memorial name to find map to locate panel.
BIRD, William Edward World War I
Service No. 636466. Also 1013513. Two Attestation records. 2nd Born March 20, 1883 in Chandos, Peterboro. Present address Coe Hill. Married. Next of Kin Mrs Mary Ferguson, mother, crossed out and replaced with wife, Phoebe Ellen Bird on his second application April 5, 1917. Lumberman, Farmer. He had served 8 months with the 155th Battalion, came home and then reapplied. In 1916 in his first assessment record, he was age 34. 5 ft 4 1/2 inches tall, Dark Complexion, Hazel eyes, Brown Hair, Methodist. Why did he go back to those killing fields? No death record yet found in local cemeteries or overseas. Had he been wounded? The War raged on for another two years to Nov 11, 1918. He enlisted in the 205th Forestry Battalion and there is a note that he served in Canada, England, France. Maybe he was cutting down trees for the war effort. These are the mysteries that make family history so fascinating, and help us see a person. A photo of the three brothers is found in the Heritage book. Apparently, he lived through it all and was discharged.
BIRD Family History: William, Hiram, and Henry Bird’s mother, Mary M Bird, (b April 1860), father not given, appears in the 1901 census as wife of Sam Ferguson in Coe Hill, (he b Sept 17, 1872). She has two little Ferguson babies, and Sam is raising his wife’s five step-children with last name Bird. These include: Nancy E Bird (b Aug 9, 1882) 18 years old; William E Bird (b March 20, 1884), age 16, Phoebe L Bird (b March 11, 1886), age 14. Hiram Bird, (b March 10, 1890), age 10 and Henry Bird, (b Dec 23, 1891), age 9.
Mary married her first husband about Oct/Nov 1881, and they were together about 10 years. He died probably between 1890 and 1891. Mary may have been alone with her Bird children up to three years. She and Sam Ferguson are listed as a Ferguson couple as witnesses to a wedding in April 1893. Mary has James B Ferguson (b April 30, 1899), age 1, and a baby Elizabeth Ferguson, b Sept 17, 1900. (spelled Elizebeth) on the 1901 census.
One wonders about that five-year period (1893 to 1898) and why there no other children listed for Sam and Mary M? There are many Ferguson infants buried in St Michael’s Cemetery, a possible suggestion, but needs more research. Mary had one more child after her little girl, Elizabeth and that was a boy, Nathan Ferguson, born May 1903 . She would have be about 43 years of age. Mary would live another 38 years. But there is also a Sam & Lillie Ferguson in Coe Hill earlier in 1881 records, so did Lillie die and Sam remarry Mrs. Mary Bird, as no two Sam Fergusons on 1901 census, and no other Sam Ferguson found in cemetery records, only Sam and Mary together.
Hiram Bird, age 23, is found on 1911 census working as a servant in Sidney Twp for Almira Roblin, age 50. He returned to Coe Hill by March 1916 to join the military. Nathan Ferguson would have been too young, about 14 when the Great War began, confirmed not listed as a soldier. Mary Ferguson died in 1941, age 81, but Sam Ferguson outlived her another 20 years d 1961, age 91. Both are buried in St Michael’s Cemetery in Coe Hill. It was the marriage of Hiram’s brother, William Earl Bird in 1907 that lists his parents as Edward Bird and Mary M. Hannah. A marriage record between Mrs Mary Bird, widow, and Sam Ferguson has not yet been found, but they are a couple named as witnesses to a marriage in April 1893. It would appear that the marriage of a David Ferguson and widow Mary Bird in 1893, listed in Coe Hill Families, was not Hiram’s mother, as that couple disappear and have not yet been found.
There also seems to be a puzzling link between the last names Hannah, Hanners.
BLACK, Robert World War I
From L’Amable area. Private. Service No 413009, Canadian Infantry, 26th Battalion, Birth Dec 6, 1894 Hastings County. Next of kin mother Mary Black of L’Amable. A farmer. One year of military experience 49th Regiment. Robert died Nov 17, 1915. Commemorated on Hollybrook Memorial, Southhampton, UK
BOWEN, James World War I
From Baptiste area. Reg No. 726113. Birth Dec 23, 1892 in Hershal Twp. Next of Kin Mrs Neal Bowen, Mother, Baptiste. Single. Farmer.
BROWNELL, Berton (Burton) World War I
Private. Service No. 636884. Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion. Born January 25, 1900, son of Jacob and Maria Brownell, Coe Hill. Present address Whitby. Next of Kin Maria Brownell of Coe Hill. Single. Labourer. Died June 30, 1917 Buried La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, at Vimy, FRANCE. Son of Jacob and Maria Brownell.
BROWNELL, Charles Henry World War I
Private. ID 636225. Birth Sept 2, 1886 Coe Hill. Next of Kin Maria Brownell, Mother in Whitby. Single. Labourer. Canadian Infantry 21st Bn. Died April 9, 1917, age 30. Son of Mrs Maria Brownell, of 424 Arlington Avenue, Toronto. Buried Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus, FRANCE. Click on name of cemetery to find map of Grave IV. C. G.
NOTE: Nine Elms British Cemetery is located in Belgium
BROWNELL, Fenton Eberson World War I
Private. Service No. 636239. Birth Feb 17, 1893 Coe Hill. Next of Kin Maria Brownell, mother, Whitby. Married. Labourer. Canadian Infantry, 21st Battn. Died April 9, 1917. Buried Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus, FRANCE. His grave ID not yet found.
BULLIED, WILLIAM ALFRED World War I
Sergeant. Service Number 636222. Birth Dec 11, 1887 Coe Hill. Next of Kin George Alfred Bullied, father of Coe Hill. Single. Carpenter Canadian Infantry, 3rd Battn. Died May 3, 1917, age 27 years. No known grave. Remembered on Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. Click on name of memorial to find map.
BURNETT, Charles World War I
From Fort Stewart area. Unable to identify on records
CAMPBELL, Alexander James World War I
Private. Service No. 645879. Birth Sept 12, 1879 Scotland. Next of Kin his wife, Mrs Lori Campbell of Vancouver, British Columbia. A decorator. Canadian Infantry, 7th Bn. Died April 9, 1917. Buried Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, FRANCE. Click on name of cemetery to find map to Grave I.B.22 (Note: I am uncertain of this person’s relationship to Coe Hill, first name originally considered Andrew)
CAMPBELL, Gerald Robert World War I
Unable to identify him in records
CAMPBELL, William John World War I
Private. Service Number 413111. Canadian Infantry, 28th Bn. Son of D. S. and Martha Campbell of Rose Island, Hastings County. Died June 6, 1916, age 27 years. No known grave. Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial, BELGIUM. Born Chandos July 6, 1890, Farmer’s Son. Enlisted May 7, 1915, at Belleville, with mother, Martha Campbell next of kin at Clydesdale. Approved on 11th by judge. Age 28, 5 ft 8 1/2 inches tall; Fair complexion. Eyes blue; Dark Brown hair. Presbyterian.
CARD, Thomas Nelson World War I
Born Nov 9, 1876 Maynooth, Ontario. Regimental no. 81130. Next of kin Margaret Ramsay Card, Maynooth. Single, Carpenter. One year experience with 49th Battalion.
CLARKE, George P World War I
1895 – 1943, His brother Richard Allan. George buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario. Not found in records
CLARKE, Richard Allen George World War I
Sergeant. Service No. 412201. Canadian Infantry. 21st Bn. Born July 27, 1888 in Millbridge. Second record says born in Hastings. Son of James and Mary Clarke. Listed as living with his uncle, Richard Tivy, in Coe Hill on 1901 census. He joined the war Feb 24, 1915 into the 39th Battalion at Belleville. Next of Kin Mrs James Clarke, mother, of Coe Hill. He was killed in action October 11, 1918, age 30. Buried Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, FRANCE. Grave B.41, A newspaper clipping made this comment: “Richard’s brother, Pvt George P Clarke, severely wounded at Battle of Somme.”
COLLINS, James D World War I
From Ormsby. Not found in records
COLLINS, John A World War I
From Bancroft. Too many John Collins. Unable to identify
CONLIN, Charles Peter World War I
Born May 22, 1894 Ormsby, Ontario. Next of kin Mary Conlin, Mother of Ormsby. Private. Service No. 636933.Single. Labourer. Canadian Infantry, 21st Bn. Died May 26, 1917. Buried Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, FRANCE. Grave II. B. 4. Click on name of cemetery to find map for location of grave.
CONLIN, Lawrence Bartlin World War I
Reg No. 636934. Born Sept 2, 1895 Ormsby, Wollaston Twp. Next of Kin Mary Conlin, Ormsby. Single. Labourer. Lawrence died 1973 Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bancroft, Ontario.
CROSBY, WILLIAM HENRY World War I
Born in Trenton, Ontario 1888, Bill grew up with rambunctious brothers. When he mother died, and his father remarried, Bill left home and joined the circus. After he met and married Laura Gunter, he became a soldier in World War I, enlisting in Peterborough in 1917. After basic training he sailed on the SS Megenta, landing in England. He was assigned to 24th Battalion, then 235 Battalion. His military ID Private ID 1663128, He had two hospital admissions with brief rest, but no disease found. HIs wife, Laura was sent $20 a month for separation for most of 1917. He was discharged in 1918 and returned to Canada, moving back to Coe Hill. Here he opened a barber shop and pool hall at the west end of the village in the house in which they lived for the rest of their lives. He died 1965.
He and Laura had three boys: Harold, Cliff and Dick, all who remained in the village or nearby for their lives. Most of their children left home and moved elsewhere, but a few are still there today. Bill died 1964.
CURRIE, Allan Jerome World War I
Private. Service Number 636319 Birth Dec 29, 1894 St Charles Michigan, USA. Current address Coe Hill. Next of Kin Catherine Currie, Mother of Coe Hill. Single. Farmer. Canadian Infantry 21st Bn. Son of Archibald and Catherine Currie of Kapuskasing, Ontario Died August 15, 1917, ag 24. No known grave. Remembered on Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. Click on name of memorial to find map.
DALY, Frank World War I
Reg not given. b April 4, 1898, Bancroft, Ontario. Current address 81 Allan St, Toronto. Next of Kin Mother Louise Daly of 81 Allan St, Toronto. Single, Munition worker. Military record link provided.
DANFORD, Arthur World War I
Service No. 636465. 155th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Born July 30, 1893, Stirling. Residence Coe Hill, Ontario. Next of Kin Bella Danford, wife of Coe Hill. Farmer. Married. Signed at Coe Hill Jan 13, 1916. Age 22. 5 ft 9 Inches tall. Fair Hair. Brown Eyes. Dark Brown Hair. Methodist. Died 1945. Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill
DANFORD, Charles William World War I
Private. Service No. 636534. Canadian Infantry, 21st Bn. Residence Coe Hill. Born Dec 25, 1885 at Stirling. Next of Kin Beatrice Danford, wife, of Coe Hill. (nee Pattison). Labourer. Had two weeks military training at Battlefield. Son of Mrs Alfred Danford of Coe Hill. Signed at Coe Hill, Feb 1, 1916, age 30. 5 ft 8 inches tall. Ruddy complexion. Blue Eyes. Brown Hair. Methodist. Died August 15, 1917, age 34 years old. No known grave. Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. Click on memorial name to find map.
DANFORD, George David World War I
Private. Service No. 636467. 155th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Residence Coe Hill. A farmer. Next of Kin: Wife Martha Danford of Coe Hill. Born Dec 20, 1893 Stirling, Ontario. Signed Jan 18, 1916 at Coe Hill. Age 22. 5 ft 10 inches tall. Fair Complexion, Blue eyes. Light brown hair. Methodist. Died 1945, Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
DANFORD, John Edward World War I
Private. Service No. A 12220. Canadian Infantry, 39th Bn. Son of Alfred and Mary E Danford of Faraday, Ontario. Born Sept 10, 1899 Stirling, Ontario. Steam Engineer. Signed at Belleville Feb 25, 1915. Age 25. 5 ft 7 1/2 inches tall. Dark Complexion. Light brown eyes. Dark brown hair. Wesleyan. Died August 8, 1915, age 25 years. Buried Coe Hill (Faraday Trinity) Cemetery, Canada.
DANFORD, Jonah World War I
Service No. 636238. 155th Overseas Battalion. Jonah Danford of Faraday. Born Jan 15, 1896 Stirling. Ontario. Next of kin Mary Danford, mother. Labourer. Single. Had served in military for two weeks at Petawawa. Signed at Coe Hill on Jan 4, 1916. Age 19. 5 ft 3 inches tall. Dark complexion. Dark brown hair. Methodist. Died 1924. Buried Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Faraday, Ontario
DAVY, William Henry World War I
Reg No. 302376. Birth April 1, 1897 Bancroft, Ontario. Next of Kin Adam Henry Davy, Father of Bancroft. Student. Single.
DIXON, Douglas World War I
Corporal. Service No 220230, 47th Bat, Canadian Infantry. b May 18, 1883 Glasgow, Scotland. Next of Kin Mrs W Dickson, wife. A minister. Married. Died April 14, 1917, age 33. Son of Douglas & Alice Dickson of Glasgow, Scotland. Wife Marjorie Dickson of Norwood, daughter of James charge of Methodist Church in Coe Hill. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge, and died two days later of his injuries. He is buried in Balin Communal Cemetery in FRANCE. Grave I. A. 9. Click on name of cemetery to find grave location.
DONALDSON, Charles Herman World War I
Reg No 636140. Birth Aug 24, 1897Tudor Twp. Current Address Millbridge, Ontario. Next of kin Matilda Donaldson, mother of Lake Geness, Alberta. Single. Telegraph Operator.
DONALDSON, George World War I
Not found
FORAN, Michael James World War I
Mickey lived for awhile on Lower Faraday Road in a house on left, beside the split in the road that went up the hill as Rose Island Road past the local dump. Record to be considered: Reg No. 3231476 Birth Sept 8, 1892 at Eganville. Present address 322 Bay Street. Sault Ste Marie. Farm labourer. Next of kin Maggie Foran, Mother also 332 Bay St, Sault Ste Marie. Enlisted Sept 18, 1917. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill. .
FORBES, G. World War I
Not found (two possibilities, but not confirmed by both war databases. Commonwealth War Graves Commission has: E. G. H. P Forbes in 24th Bn Canadian Infantry, Died 1916 in France; or George Henry Eden Forbes 116th Bn, Died 1918, No known grave. Canadian Government has neither men in their records with those names. Only 2 out of 10 possibilities seemed likely.
GANNAN, Thomas World War I
Birth June 26, 1893 Maynooth, Ontario. Sapper. Service No 427242. Next of Kin Edward Gannan, Maynooth. Single. Teamster. Canadian Railway Troops 4th. Died September 4, 1917, Adinkerke Military Cemetery, BELGIUM. Grave D5
GERRARD, William Herbert World War I
Private. Service No. 904616. Birth August 19, 1893 Coe Hill. Current address Waterhole P.O. Alberta. Next of Kin G. B. Gerrard, father, of Waterhole P. O. Alberta. Single. Farmer. Canadian Infantry, 49th Bn. Died September 29, 1918. Buried at Drummond Cemetery, Raillencourt, Nord Region, FRANCE. Click on cemetery name to open to map for grave location.
GILROY, George Arthur World War I
Private. Service No. 636807. Born July 28, 1882 in Coe Hill to George Washington Gilroy and Agnes Gilroy (nee McCauley). Married Daisy Bernice Gilroy in Stirling on Dec 21, 1914. George enlisted March 18, 1916 at Stirling. Attested Canadian Infantry, into 154th Battalion Bn. Embarked on ship SS Norland at Halifax, Nova Scotia Oct 18, 1916. Disimbarked at Liverpool, England. Transferred to 156th Battalion and later the 21st Battalion. Died while advancing on Marcel cave, August 8, 1918. Buried Toronto Cemetery, Demuin, Somme Region, FRANCE. His wife remarried, becoming Mrs H. J Birmingham, and moved to Hamilton, Ontario. A Memorial Cross was sent to his mother Mrs. G W Gilroy in Coe Hill. Private Gilroy is honoured on the War Memorial in Stirling, Ontario and the War Memorial in Coe Hill. Click on cemetery name to find location of his grave on map.
GILROY, Gordon World War I
Brother of George from Coe Hill, and son of George Washington Gilroy & his wife, Agnes (nee McCauley). Service No 636598. Residence Faraday. Next of Kin Sarah Gilroy, wife. Gordon born Jan 11, 1885 in Wollaston. A farmer. Signed at Coe Hill Feb 10, 1916, age 30. 5ft 2 1/2 ” tall, fair complexion. Brown eyes and brown hair. Methodist. Scar on left foot.
Attestation Record – witness John R Hardinge (old doc)
GRANT, Frederick David World War I
ID 636485. Canadian Army, 155th Battalion. Born June 24, 1897 Renfrew County, Ontario. Single. Current address Bancroft. Next of Kin, father William Grant, McArthur’s Mills. A labourer. 18 years old. 5 ft 6 inches. Fair complexion. Blue Eyes, Brown hair. Church of England. Signed on at Bancroft on Jan 25, 1916. (war presence confirmed by family, who say he also served in World War II). Always known as David. My next door neighbour to the east. Died 1969. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill
GUNTER, Daniel Herbert World War I
Private. Service No. 1063120. Birth Nov 15, 1888 Coe Hill, Ontario. Next of Kin Charles Gunter, father, of Coe Hill. Single. A brakeman. Had served 4 years US Marines. Enlisted Feb 6, 1917 at Peterborough. Canadian Infantry, 54th Bn. Died August 8, 1918. Buried at Beaucourt British Cemetery, Somme Region, FRANCE. Notes from FAG: Son of Charles W Gunter & Lillian Cecilia Brady Gunter. Daniel’s siblings: George Hunter Gunter; Goldie Gunter Ruckstuhl, Lillian Gunter. Click on cemetery name to find grave location on map.
GUNTER, Richard (Dick) World War I
Reg No. 1063127. Birth Oct 30, 1893 Coe Hill, Ontario. Next of k in Clare Emily Gunter, mother, of Coe Hill. Single. R. R. Employee. Enlisted Feb 15, 1917 at Peterborough. He and wife operated a post office in the village of Coe Hill, later taken over by his son, Ivan after he returned from World War II. Richard and wife died in a car accident in 1957 in Pennsylvania on their holidays heading to Florida. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
GUNTER, Wilford Graham World War I
Reg No. 1063118. Son of David Gunter and Rose Jericho. Born Dec 11, 1898 in Coe Hill. Single. Farmer. Enlisted Feb 5, 1917 at Peterborough. Died 1937 at Toronto. Wife Grace E Post. Wilford was in the Signal Corps. He returned from overseas and worked in the grocery store in Coe Hill. His sisters were Mrs Joy Walker of Coe Hill, Mrs Eva Grant of Cardiff and Mrs Mabel Forbes of Apsley. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
HENNESSEY, George World War I
Private. Service No 636285. Birth August 26, 1877 L’Amable, Current address L’Amable, Ontario, Next of kin Albert Hennessy, Father, L’Amable. Single. Labourer. Enlisted Jan 5, 1916 at Bancroft. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Died Oct 25, 1917. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 32, BELGIUM. No known grave.
HEWTON, John Wesley World War I
Private. Service No. 636886. Birth June 19, 1897 Ormsby, Ontario. Enlisted March 21, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Canadian Infantry, Moved to 21st Bn. Next of kin Catherine Hewton, Mother of Ormsby. Farmer. Single. Died May 12, 1918. Buried Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme Region, FRANCE. Click on cemetery name to find grave location on map.
HODDINOTT, Henry William World War I
Service No. 636237 Sergeant, residence Coe Hill, Ontario. Born August 1, 1883 London, England. Next of Kin Dora Hoddinott, wife of Coe Hill. Labourer. Signed at Coe Hill Dec 7, 1915. Witness John R Hardinge, the old doc. 155the Overseas Battalion, Canadian Army. Age 32. 5 ft 5 inches. Fair complexion .Blue eyes. Auburn Hair. Church of England.
HOLLAND, GEORGE World War I
Private. Reg No. 20774. Birth Jan 1, 1886 at Madoc, Ontario. Enlisted Sept 24, 1914 Valcartier, Quebec. Single. Fireman. Next of Kin C Holland. 10th Battalion. Died Aug 17, 1979, age 77 (b 1902).
HOOVER, Robert John World War I
Reg No. 10944349. Birth May 29, 1898 Carlow Twp, Ontario. Next of kin Albert Hoover, Father of Turriff. Single. Labourer. Enlisted Feb 23, 1917 at Bancroft, Ontario.
IRISH, Asa World War I
1906 -1985 Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Ontario. Not found in records or as Charles Asa Irish.
IRISH, George Eldrich World War I
Reg No. 3060027. Birth August 30, 1897 Coe Hill, Ontario. Next of kin Charles Eldrich Irish, father, of Coe Hill. Single. Brethren. Farmer. Age 20, 5ft 9 1/2 inches tall. Ruddy complexion, Blue eyes, brown hair. Physical exam at Trenton Nov 30, 1917. Died 1971 Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Chandos.
IRISH, James Stanton World War I
Reg No. 3057030. Birth March 5, 1896 at Coe Hill, Ontario. Single, Brethren. Next of Kin Charles Eldridge Irish, Father of Coe Hill. Enlisted at Trenton Nov 20, 1917. Age 21, 5 ft 10 1/2 inches tall, Blue Eyes, Fair hair. Died 1980 Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road in Chandos area.
IRISH Raymond World War I
1899 – 1973 Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Chandos area. Unable to identify in records.
JACKSON, William Henry World War I
See also Salem Cemetery
Son of Thomas & Alice Jackson of Coe Hill. Private ID 454638. Born July 1, 1894 in St Ola, Wollaston Twp. A lumberman. Signed on July 2, 1915, age 21, at Cobourg. 59th Canadian Infantry. 5 feet 5 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. He stated that he had prior military service with 49th Regiment (Hastings Rifles), and was a Methodist. He was wounded in Sept 1916 by shrapnel in his right thigh. He developed Tuberculosis, and returned to Canada, where he was sent to a sanitorium near Montreal. William died March 1, 1918 and is buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery
JARMAN, Harry Love World War I
Reg No. Lieutenant. Birth1892. Next of kin George Jarman, Bancroft. Student in Medicine final year. Previously served 2 years in Belleville with 15th Battalion. Enlisted Feb 15, 1915 at Kingston.
JARRETT, Charles World War I
Born in Torquay, Devonshire, ENGLAND in 1890, Charlie was age 11 in Upton St, Torquay on 1901 Census for England. He had an older brother, Edward 15, and sister Ada, 13, and possibly a much younger brother, Edgar who was 3. Charlie’s parents were Mrs Harriet Jarrett, who was a shop keeper, age 39 residing at 20 Upton Church Road, in Torquay. Husband not identified, possibly John Jarrett. Harriet much later entered Southwood Nursing Home, and died in 1944, age 83. Buried St Mary’s Church Cemetery in Torquay. I hunted for her grave when I visited the area in 2014.
Charlie immigrated to Canada by 1911 to settle first in Bethany or Cavan. He joined the war effort in December 1914 when he was 24 years of age. He became a Lance Corporal and was a signaller. After the war, Charlie bought a house and small acreage beside the Deer River at the bridge on Highway 620 and beside the Fair Grounds in the village of Coe Hill, Hastings County. He lived there for most of his life.
Charlie kept his war outfit, and taught me a bit of signalling used during the war. He also kept nasty geese that we children didn’t like. Charlie had two beagles, Biff and Bang that would chase anything besides deer, and disappear sometimes. Charlie loved fly fishing off his lawn at the river’s edge and both my brother and I suffered injuries from those hooks. The Ministry of Natural Resources guy would stop by with his Golden Retriever, who would leap into the river on command, quite a drop. We children swam in the deep hole in the Deer River, where I nearly drowned once when a friend got frightened and climbed on me.
I learned to paddle Charlie’s canoe up and down that river. He died in Bancroft Hospital during my High School years in 1962, and is buried in St Michael’s Cemetery in Coe Hill. More photos on Charley’s tombstone page.
Attestation Record
Reg No. 107 Birth March 29, 1890 Torquay, England. Next of Kin his mother, Mrs H Jarrett 20 Septon Church Road, Single, Labourer. Previous military experience with 57th Regiment. Discharged Dec 1914 at Toronto having served in France in the Signal Corps, age 29. Confusing date as his attestation record says he enlisted that date. See Military records , Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill.
JOHNSON, Harold Henry World War I
Reg No. 29780. Born June 12, 1887 in Town of Madoc. Son of Henry Johnson (May 5, 1849-Sept 3, 1832) and Adele Schumaker (1851-1923). Next of Kin Adele Johnson, Coe Hill, mother. Lumbering was his trade. Not married. Harold went overseas, but returned to Coe Hill to serve as the Station Master prior to and during World War II. The train station was where the current townhall is on Station Street at the bottom of the big hill. It was later moved to the Fairgrounds. His wife Mildred McIvena. Harold was the father of Edward “Ted” Johnson (see World War II). Harold died 1954. All buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill.
JONES, John
Died 1949. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill. Too many John Jones to identify (31 pages).
KEECH, Sampson Harold World War I
Reg No.453620. Rank LCP. Born 1896 Boyne Twp Barrie, Hastings Co. Next of kin Mrs Jane Keech. Single. Farmer. Enlisted Feb 21, 1915 at Barrifield, Ontario. Stationed in Canada. Died 1980. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill.
KELLY, James Carr World War I
From Coe Hill. Private. Service No 636221. Birth Aug 11, 1894 L’Amable, Ontario. Present address Coe Hill. Next of Kin James Carr Kelly, father, L’Amable. Single. Lumberman. Enlisted Dec 24, 1915 at Coe Hill (witness old doc John Hardinge). Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion. Died August 15, 1917. Vimy Memorial, FRANCE
KELSH, Charles Nelson World War I
ID 636236 Private Assigned Canadian Infantry, 155th Overseas Battalion. Born Feb 11, 1894 Oak Lake, Peterborough Co. Next of Kin, Jan Kelsh (Mother) of Coe Hill, Ontario. Father C. W. Kelsh. Single. Labourer. Age 21. 5 ft 2 1/2 inches tall. Pale complexion. Eyes light grey. Dark brown hair. Wesleyan faith. Signed on at Coe Hill Dec 27, 1915.
Charles Nelson Kelsh, 21st Bn, died August 25, 1918, age 23. Buried Dainville British Cemetery II. B. 12, FRANCE. Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. W. & Jane Kelsh of Coe Hill, Ontario. Click on cemetery name to find location of grave on a map.
LAIRD, William John World War I
From Coe Hill. Son of William and Levina Gunyea Laird, of Madoc, Ontario. Private. Service No. 637046. Birth Sept 19, 1878 Elzirer, Hastings County. Next of Kin William Laird of Ormsby. Single. Farmer. Enlisted April 7, 1916 at Coe Hill. (Magistrate John Hardinge). Canadian Infantry. 21st Bat. Died April 9, 1917, age 40. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, FRANCE, Grave III.B. 2
LAKE, Dennis World War I
Reg No. 6037039. Date of Birth July 7, 1893 Co of Hastings. Current address Monk Road. Next of Kin Clara Lake of Monk Road. Labourer. Enlisted April 10, 1915 at Bancroft.
LAKE, John World War I
Reg No. 637038. Birth Oct 13, 1886 Co of Hastings, Ontario. Next of Kin Christopher Thompson Lake, father, of Monk Road. Single. labourer. Enlisted April 10, 1916 at Bancroft.
LANDON, Ernest Ray World War I
Reg No. 636235. Date of Birth Aug 29, 1893 S Jean, Baptiste, Manitoba. Current address Coe Hill, Ontario. Next of kin Frederick Landon of Coe Hill, father. Single. Labourer. Enlisted Dec 25, 1916 at Coe Hill. Witness John Hardinge (doc).
LANDON, Fred World War I
1868 – 1952 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill. No information in records except: “Imperial Gratuities. Possible ID 10594-F-18.
LANDRY, Walter World War I
Private. Service No 447499. Birth Aug 12, 1886 Bancroft, Ontario. Next of Kin Mrs Alfred Barker (sister) of Bancroft. Single. A printer. Enlisted August 23, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta. 2nd Canadian Mounted Canadian Rifles Battalion. Died April 9, 1917. Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. No known grave.
LETTS, Hugh World War I
Private. Service No. 8119. Birth Oct 22, 1887 Ralumet Isle, Quebec. Next of kin his wife, Elizabeth Letts of Turriff, Ontario. Occupation Lumbering, Farming. Previous military experience 2 years 48th Hastings Rifles. Enlisted Sept 18, 1914 (location not clear). Canadian Infantry. 2nd Batt. Died April 23, 1915 age 29. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 18, BELGIUM. No known grave. Note his Reg No also shared with Aubrey C Goodyear (Newfoundland Regiment, reason unknown).
LEVERIDGE, Frank Earnest World War I
Private 412258, Canadian Infantry, 18th Bn. Born July 29, 1890, Wollaston. farmer. 5 ft 3/4″ tall, dark complexion, dark grey eyes, dark brown hair. Church of England. Husband of Mrs Margaret Leveridge of Coe Hill (later Trenton) Enlisted Feb 27 ,1915 at Belleville. A farmer.
Father of Sergeant Gerald William Leveridge , deceased Aug 12, 1944. Frank died May 6, 1916. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, V. C. 4A FRANCE. Click on cemetery name to find burial location.
Frank was the youngest son of David and Anna Leveridge of Coe Hill. He wrote many letters home during the war. Frank served with C Company, Scouts, 39th Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment. He began his training in Belleville, and his army experience lasted little more than two years. His time at the front lasted less than two days. He knew that the average time of a Scout at the Front was eight days, so knew what to expect. Here is an excerpt from his letters:
Monday, April 3rd. Very warm and bright. Training camp as usual: bomb throwing practice in morning; very nasty-tempered instructor Sgt ordered me to place one man under arrest. I had to take him to the guard room. In the afternoon, we had extended orders from fours. I was in charge of Number Two Platoon. Interesting here as star shells and bombs exploding continually.
Tuesday, April 4th Cloudy and cooler. Training camp parade as usual. Company drill in the morning and more bombing in the second part of the morning. In the afternoon, we N. C. O.s were taken out separate from the men and an officer gave us a lecture on rifle grenades and threw about 20 of them. They appear to be a dangerous weapon.
Sunday, April 9th. Cloudy and cooler. Our platoon spend the night in the communication trench about 150 yrs behind the support lines. Heavy shells keep dropping very close to us. I think that during last night and today at least 75 or 100 have exploded within 100 yrs of us. At twelve, we move down and take over the support line of trenches. Shrapnel keeps falling all around me, one piece only has touched me yet, and it did not hurt.
His diary ends here. He was wounded the following day, Monday, April 10, 1916. He wrote his mother that he was hit by shrapnel from a shell that burst close to him. While he had minor wounds, his right arm was badly damaged. When he was taken to a field hospital, his arm was amputated at the shoulder. He was able to write home with his left hand, and was getting along quite well. However, he was moved to tents outside, where he caught pneumonia and died on Thursday, May 6, 1916, a little over three weeks after he was wounded. He was 25. Leveridge is buried in one of the military cemeteries at Etaples, on the coast of Northern France, just south of Boulogne. After Frank died, his younger brother, Johnnie joined up, went overseas and was captured. He spent the rest of the war in a German prisoner of war camp.
LEVERIDGE, John Henry World War I
Private, 820723. Birth March 14, 1881 Norfolk Co, England. Farmer. Enlisted May 15, 1916 at F Francis. 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Next of Kin: Mrs Mary Leveridge, Devlin, Ontario paid $20 per month for his service. (Rainy River District near Emo where the Leveridge boys moved). Reported missing after action Oct 28, 1917. Prisoner of War. Discharged. Note his name also spelled John Henry Levaridge.
LISCUM, David Jessie World War I
Not listed under this name of four men named Liscum.
MARSHALL, Lewis F. World War I
Private. Reg No 195651. Birth July 26, 1897 Faraday, Ontario. Current Address Clydesdale. Next of kin Fred Garrett, grandfather of Clydesdale. Single, Farmer. Enlisted Jan 27, 1916 at Apsley 93rd Battn, CEF. Died February 4, 1961, age 63. Buried Clydesdale United Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Ontario
MAXWELL, Herbert World War I
From Bancroft. Not identified in 19 similar names.
MCCAULEY, Gordon World War I
Private. Service No. 195833. Birth Sept 20, 1894 Chandos, Ontario. Next of kin William McCauley, father, of Apsley. Married. Lumberman. Enlisted Feb 25, 1916 at Peterborough. Canadian Infantry, 31st Battn, then 18th Bn. Died October 11, 1918, age 23. Buried Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, FRANCE. Son of Mr & Mrs ??Dilman McCauley of Apsley, Ontario, husband of Mrs Mattie Winter McCauley of Glen Alda, Ontario. Inscription by family: “Gone, but not forgotten.”
MCCUTCHEON, Charles Irvin World War I
Reg No. 1027622. Birth Jan 10, 1890 at Trenton, Ontario. Next of kin Annie Margaret McCutcheon, wife, of Detlor. Baker and Cook. Enlisted Jan 16, 1917 at Belleville. 235th Battalion.
MCLEAN, William World War I
From Boulder. Not yet identified from 102 similar names.
MEAGHER, William C. World War I
From Boulter. Reg No. 414919. Birth Sept 26, 1983 London, ENGLAND. Next of kin Emma Meager, Father of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Single. Miner. Enlisted August 12, 1917 at Aldershot.
MINDLE, Ora Acil World War I
Private. Service No. 636930. Birth July 12, 1895 Coe Hill. Next of Kin Martjy Mindle, Mother Single. Labourer. Enlisted March 24, 1916 (approved by John Hardinge). Canadian Infantry. 21st Bn. Died Nov 9, 1917. Remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. No known grave. Brother of Sandy Mindle. Father Frank Milne. Mother Martha Watt Mindle.
MINDLE, Sandy Alexander World War I
Private. Service No. 636469. Birth June 11, 1894. Next of Kin Martha Mindle, Mother, of Coe Hill. Enlisted Jan 20, 1916 at Coe Hill (approved by John Hardinge). 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Died April 12, 1917. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, FRANCE. Grave IV.D. 9 FAG notes: Son of Frank Mindle (1866-1954) and Martha Watt Mindle (1867-1928) of Wollaston, Hastings County. Siblings Alexander (1893-1917) and Ora Assil Mindle (1895-1917), William (1900-1968) and Jane Mindle (1900-1900).
MITCHELL, William World War I
From Maynooth. Private. Service No 435840. Birth April 15, 1885 SCOTLAND. Next of kin John Gregg, Scotland. Single. Enlisted July 5, 1915 at Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canadian Infantry, 49th Bttn. Died Oct 30, 1917. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 30, BELGIUM
MOORE, Lloyd World War I
Reg Number 1093196. Birth July 29, 1898 Bancroft, Ontario. Next of kin Mrs Lewis Moore, mother, of Bancroft. Single. A cook. Enlisted Dec 23, 1916 at Bancroft. Died Aug 28, 1918 Arras, FRANCE. Buried Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Bancroft. Son of Lewis & Rachel Evans Moore. His siblings: Melville, Wilson, Isabel, Mariam.
MOYNES, Alex William World War I
Reg No. 3060540. Born Coe Hill, Ontario (no date). Enlisted June 21, 1918 Barriefield, Ontario. 151 Depot Battalion, Eastern Region. Single, Methodist. Next of Kin William Moynes, Father, Coe Hill. Blue eyes, brown hair.
NICHOLSON, Hugh World War I
1893 – 1966 Zion United Church Cemetery, The Ridge Road. Not identified in five records with same name.
NICHOLSON, Ruth 1906-1994. Widow of a veteran. Zion United Church Cemetery, The Ridge Road.
NUGENT, William Tivy World War I
Lieutenant. b Oct 22, 1890 Coe Hill. Current Address Coe Hill. Next of Kin Goldie May Nugent, Wife of Coe Hill. Anglican. Lumberman. Currently belongs to 40th Hastings Rifles with 10 years military service. Enlisted April 25, 1917 at Brockville. 230th Forestry Battn.
OLMSTEAD, Christie World War I
Reg No: 1013516. Birth 1895 Wicklow, Hastings County. Enlisted April 4, 1917 at Coe Hill. Next of kin Mrs Basil Olmstead, mother, Greenview Post Office. Single. Lumberman. 5 months 15 days previous experience with 155th Battalion. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill.
OLMSTEAD, James Arthur World War I
Reg. No. 1013515. Birth Feb 19, 1888 Hastings Co. Enlisted April 4, 1917 at Coe Hill. Current address Greenview P. O. Ontario. Next of kin Mrs Basil Olmstead of Greenview P.O. Single. Lumberman.
PACK, Malcolm Alexander World War I
Reg No. 636220. Corporal. Birth April 21, 1894 Ormsby, Ontario. Enlisted Jan 4, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Elizabeth Park of Ormsby, mother. Single. Farmer.
PARKHURST, James World War I
Reg No. 637074. Birth March 9, 1898, Fort Stewart, Ont. Enlisted April 17, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Susan Parkhurst of McArthur’s Mills. Single.
PARKS, Rodolphes World War I
Private, Service No. 1093330. Birth Sept 13, 1892 Madoc, Ontario. Residence Bannockburn, Ontario. Next of Kin, father Robert Parks, Madoc Twp. A farmer. Signed Feb 13, 1917 at Madoc and assigned to the 254th Overseas Battalion. 5 ft 8 inches tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair. Died July 20, 1974. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
PATTISON, William World War I
Reg No. 820134. Born April 18, 1888, Coe Hill. Next of Kin James Pattison, father, Emo, Ontario. Labourer. Married. Enlisted Jan 18, 1916 at Emo, Ontario. 141st Overseas Battalion. Discharged at Winnipeg Nov 24, 1919.
PEEVER, Gordon World War I
Son of John R. and Mary A. Peever, of Maynooth, Ontario, Lance Corporal. Service No. 413028. Birth Aug 1, 1897 Hastings. Next of kin Margaret Peever, Mother, Single, Labourer. Canadian Infantry, 24th Batt. Died Sept 26, 1916, age 18. St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, FRANCE. Grave B. 23. 77.
PETERS, Ernest World War I
Private. Service No.195738. Born Sept 18, 1896. Oak Lake, Ontario. Next of kin Williard Peters of Glen Alda. Single. Farmer. Enlisted Feb 7, 1916 at Peterborough. Canadian Infantry, 1st Bn. Died April 25, 1918, age 20. Buried Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St-Eloi, FRANCE, grave VI. L. 28. Click on cemetery name to find map of grave location.
PETTEFER, Marshall Richard World War I
Reg No. 1013517. Birth Oct 9, 1880 Campbellford, Ontario. Enlisted April7, 1917 at Coe Hill. Next of kin Myrtle Pettefer, wife, Coe Hill. Farmer, Lumberman.
POST, Alfred Theodore World War I
Reg No. 195654. b May 23, 1893 in Glen Alda. Son of John Post and Dortha Rusaw. Married Sabra Elesta Edith Woodbeck. Next of kin John R Post Rose Island. Enlisted Jan 27, 1916 at Apsley. 21st Battalion, Peterborough. Assigned to the 93rd Battn. He went through Vimy and then Hill 70 on Aug 14th where he was wounded and buried by a shell, but survived. He was taken prisoner of war and marched to Munster Prison Camp. He was moved to Dusseldorf for an attempt to escape. Armistice. Died 1983.
POST, Clarence Edwin World War I
Reg No 195648. Birth Dec 21, 1886 Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co. Next of kin Mrs Florance Post, mother, Glen Alda. Farmer. Widower. Enlisted Feb 1, 1916 at Apsley.
POST, Elgin Charles World War I
Private. Service No. 636310. Birth March 2, 1894 Chandos. Next of kin Florence Post, mother of Glen Alda. Single. Chef. Canadian Infantry, 38th Bn. Died October 30, 1917, age 24. Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial, BELGIUM. Son of Andrew and Florence Post of Glen Alda, Peterborough, Ontario
POST, Isaac Atchson World War I
Service No. 1063092. Birth July 5, 1898 Oak Lake, Ontario. Next of kin Fred Post, father, Oak Lake. Single, Farmer. Enlisted Jan 16, 1917 at Peterboro. Assigned 247th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force.
POST, John World War I
Not found in records.
b 1916. Private. Death 1981. Buried Glen Alda Cemetery.
POST, Louis World War I
Not found in records. 1897 – 1970 Glen Alda Cemetery, Glen Alda, Ontario
POST, Warren Tice World War I
Service No. 195653. Birth March 7, 1888 Chandos. Next of kin Bella Post, wife, Glenalda. Farmer. Jan 23, 1916 at Apsley. Assigned to 57th Regiment.
POST, William Floyd World War I
Service No 195519. Birth March 25, 1891 Glen Alda. Next of kin Andrew Post, father, Glen Alda. Single. Farmer. Enlisted Dec 27, 1915 Peterborough.
1891 – 1966 Glen Alda Cemetery, Glen Alda, Ontario
RATH, Samuel World War I
Reg ID 3660681 b Nov 21, 1888 Tweed, Ontario. Current address Flinton, SK. Church of England. Next of kin William Rath, father. Enlisted first time at Coe Hill Jan 4, 1916. Second time Swift Current, SK Oct 28, 1917 age 29 years. Brown hair; brown eyes, Attestation Record, Discharged Dec 24, 1918 unfit due to goitre.
REID, Allen World War I
Unable to identify in 9 similar records.
1897 – 1938 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill.
REID, Charles Benjamin “Ben World War I
Private. Service No. 637044. Born Oct 17, 1899 at Ormsby. Next of Kin Mother Mary Reid. He enlisted at Coe Hill April 10, 1916. A farmer. Sent originally with 155th Overseas Battalion. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Died Oct 26, 1917, age 28. Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial. BELGIUM. Son of Mr & Mrs Enoch Reid, Coe Hill, Ontario. No known grave.
ROBBINS, Ernest John World War I
Private. Service No. 636765. Birth June 27, 1894 Bancroft. Current address Coe Hill. Next of kin Annie Robbins, wife, Coe Hill. Labourer. Enlisted Feb 5, 1916 at Coe Hill (approved by John Hardinge, old doc). 155 Overseas Battalion, Canadian Infantry, then 21st Bn. Died August 15, 1917. Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. No known grave.
ROSEBUSH, Terrance Levi World War I
Private. Service No. 636234, b March 28, 1894 Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co. Enlisted Jan 3, 1916 at Coe Hill. (Ernest Landon signed as witness). Present Address Glen Alda. 155th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Infantry, to 21st Bn. Died May 11, 1917, age 23. Buried or commemorated at Vimy Memorial, FRANCE. Son of William J. W. and Susan A. Rosebush, Coe Hill, Ontario. Click on memorial name to find map. No known grave.
RUSAW, Herman Francis World War I
Reg No 636600. Born Feb 15, 1897 Douro-Drummer Twp, Peterborough Co. Enlisted Feb 10, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Charlotte Rucaw, mother. Labourer.
SEABORN, George Burton World War I
Reg No. 195944. Born Dec 5, 1889 Coe Hill, Hastings Co. Enlisted April 29, 1916 Peterborough. Present address Coe Hill. Next of Kin Edith Seaborn, wife. Married. Labourer. 93rd Overseas Battalion.
SCOTT, James World War I
Reg No 874927. Born Feb 14, 1895 Coe Hill. Enlisted March 18, 1916 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Current Address: Bosman, Manitoba. Next of Kin James Scott, Bowsman, Manitoba, father. Farm labourer. Single. 184th Overseas Battalion.
SIMPSON, Frank World War I
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson, of Glen Alda, Ontario. Private. Service No. 195523. Birth August 15, 1890 Belmont, Ontario. Next of kin John Simpson, father of Glenalda. Single, Farmer. Enlisted Oct 27, 1916 at Peterborough. Canadian Infantry, 1st Battn. Died April 5. 1917. Echoivres Military Cemetery, , FRANCE. Grave VI. A. 22
SNIDER, John Knox World War I
Reg No. 636597. Birth July 25, 1898 Stirling, Ontario. Enlisted at Coe Hill Feb 5, 1916. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of Kin Ada Snider of Coe Hill, mother. Single. Labourer.
TAIT, Alexander World War I
Unable to identify in records
Craftsman. R.C.E.M.E. Died Oct 15, 1976, age 55 (b 1921). St Andrew’s United Church Cemetery in L’Amable, Ontario
TAIT, John R World War I
Unable to identify in records
Sergeant, Cdn Forestry Corps. Died June 29, 1977, age 57. Buried St Andrew’s United Church Cemetery in L’Amable, Ontario
TAYLOR, Harry Elmo World War I
From Coe Hill. Son of George and Annie Taylor, of Baptiste St., Trenton, Ontario. Private. Service No 1063116. Birth June 26, 1895 Madoc, Ontario. Next of kin Geo H Taylor of Coe Hill, father. Single. Clerk. Enlisted Feb 5, 1917 . Canadian Infantry, 54th Battn. Died Aug 8, 1918, age 23. Beaucort British Cemetery, FRANCE. Grave A. 7
THOMPSON, John World War I
No able to identify as 234 records for this name.
1893 -1958 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
TINNEY, Charles Victor World War I
SPR. Reg No 1006618. Birth Aug 24, 1895 Summersville, Ontario. Next of kin Thomas Tinney, Minoka. Single. Railroader. Enlisted May 22, 1916 at Englhart. “reported killed in a bombing raid somewhere in England.”
TIVY, Aubrey John World War I
Reg No 59989. Birth Aug 4, 1891 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted Nov 5, 1914 at Kingston. Canadian Overseas Battalion. Next of Kin Allen W Tivy of Coe Hill. St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
TURNBULL, Wilbur Burn World War I
Lieutenant. b Dec 14, 1896 Pictou, PE. Enlisted Coe Hill Mines Jan 12, 1916 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Lydia Turnbull, mother. Presbyterian.
TYNER, George Henry Reginald World War I
Private. Service No. 874767. Born April 30, 1886 Coe Hill. A labourer in Bowsman, Manitoba when he enlisted at Winnipeg March 7, 1916. 184th Batttalion. Canadian Infantry, Changed to 8th Bn. Next of Kin Mrs George Tyner, mother, of Coe Hill. Single. Labourer. Died April 28, 1917, age 30 years. Buried Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Willervale Canadian Cemetery, FRANCE. Son of Mrs Sarah Tyner of Coe Hill, Ontario Note: Remembered on page 342 in Canada’s Book of Remembrance in Ottawa. Click on cemetery name to find his name on Memorial 23.
UMSTEAD, Christie Irvin World War I
Reg No 636883 b 1893 Maynooth. Next of kin Lydia Umstead, Mother, of Greenwich, Ontario. Single, Labourer. Enlisted March 6, 1916 at Coe Hill. (Approved by John Hardinge).
UNGER, Wilford World War I
Private. Service No. 63660. Born Oct 14, 1897 Wollaston. Present address Faraday. Enlistment date Feb 10. 1916 at Coe Hill, Ontario, age 18. Next of kin, Mina Unger, mother of Faraday. A farmer. 5 ft 3 1/2 inches tall. Fair complexion. Brown eyes, Brown hair. Methodist. Assigned to 155th Overseas Battalion. He died August 16, 1921. Buried Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Faraday, Ontario.
VADER, Edwin Garrett World War I
Reg No. 3059347. Birth May 27, 1897 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted at Barriefield May 13, 1918. 1st Depot Battn, Eastern Ontario Regiment. Single. Methodist. Farmer. Next of kin Mrs Elizabeth Vader, mother of Coe Hill. Age 20. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
WAITE, George Elgin World War I
Private. Service No. 8391. Born Nov 27, 1892 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted at Cobourg on Feb 22, 1915. Next of Kin Stanley Waite, brother. Single. Labourer. 39th Battalion. Canadian Infantry. Moved to 2nd Battalion. Died Sept 9, 1916.
WAITE, Jonathan World War I
Reg No. 874768. Born June 25, 1896, Coe Hill Ontario. Enlisted March 7, 1916 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. 184th Overseas Battalion. Current address Bosman, Manitoba. Next of Kin Charles Waite, Bosman, Manitoba. Single, Farm labourer.
WAITE, William World War I
Reg No. 2382608 Born Oct 18, 1897 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted May 2, 1918 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Current address Bowman River, Manitoba. Single, Anglican, farmer. Next of kin Charles Waite, father of Bowman River, Manitoba. Age 20, 5 ft 7 inches, brown eyes, dark brown hair. 1st Depot Battalion Manitoba Regiment
WALKER, Alfred World War I
Private. Reg No. 637045. Birth Nov 4, 1878 Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co. Next of Kin Charles Walker of Faraday. Married. Labourer. Enlisted April 8, 1916 at Coe Hill . Approved by John Hardinge. Died overseas during the war.
WARREN, Arthur World War I
Lance Sergeant, 227 Batn CEF. Died May 29, 1961, age 73 (b 1888). Buried St Andrew’s United Church Cemetery in L’Amable, Ontario
Unable to identify in records
WEASE, EARL World War I
Died June 8, 1978, age 72.
Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
Not found in records
WEASE, EDWARD World War I
Died May 7, 1986, age 81.
Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario. Not found in records
WELLS, Irvin John World War I
Reg. No 3355161. Birth July 1, 1895 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted at Regina, Saskatchewan on July 11, 1918. Current address Hillandale, SK. Single. Catholic. Farmer. Next of kin William Wells, father, Hillandale, via Cadilac, SK. Age 23, 5 ft 7 1/2 inch tall; Blue eyes, red hair.
WHITMORE, Sam World War I
Reg No. 4555526. Birth Aug 6, 1894 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted August 24, 1915 at Belleville. 59th Battalion. Next of Kin Mrs Mary Whitmore, mother, McArthur’s Mills. Single. Farmer.
WHITMORE, Thomas World War I
Reg No. 219156. Born June 5, 1897 at Coe Hill.Next of kin Sam Whitmore, brother, Ireland, Ontario. A labourer. Single. Enlisted at Belleville Oct 4, 1915 80th Battalion.
WHITMORE, William Lorne World War I
Reg No. 60060. Born June 2, 1886 Coe Hill, Ontario. Enlisted Nov 5, 1914 at Kingston. Next of Kin Samuel Whitmore, McArthur’s Mills. Single. Labourer. Canadian Expeditionary Force.
WHITNEY, Orield World War I
Reg No 195830. Born March 3, 1898 Norwood, Ontario. Next of kin Willard Whitney, Owen Brook, father. Single. Lumberman. Enlisted March 20, 1916 at Peterboro. Died Oct 26, 1917 age 20 in Kingston, Frontenac Co. Son of Willard & Ella (Puffer) Whitney. No 52nd Battalion C.E. F. Wounded at Lens. His siblings: Alma, Ralph, Jessie, Irene and Edna. Buried Hillside Pioneer Cemetery, Owenbrook, Ontario
WHITNEY, Willard World War I
Private. Service No. 195829 b Nov 17, 1870 Percy Twp,, Northumberland Co. Died Dec 26, 1932, age 62. 52nd Battalion C. E. F. Son of Isaac & Laura (Puffer) Whitney. His siblings: Victoria, Jesse, Norris. Buried Hillside Pioneer Cemetery, Owen Brook, Ontario
WILSON, Thomas James World War I
Reg No. 1013518. Birth July 30, 1876 Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co. Enlisted at Coe Hill on April 7, 1917. Canadian Expeditionary Force. Next of Kin Lulu Wilson, wife. Lumberman.
WINTER, George Garnes World War I
Born Jan 17,1874 Sydney, Hastings. Private. Service No. 195646. Next of kin Mrs Maud Winter of Glenalda, mother. Married, Farmer. Enlisted Feb 1, 1916 Apsley. Died May 18, 1916, age 42 . Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2. Grave II.B.34. FRANCE. Click on cemetery name for map and location of grave. Notes from FAG: son of John L Winter & Margaret Kemmerer Winter. Wife Maude Daniels Winter m 1901.
WOOD, John World War I
Reg No. 657042. Birth Pleva, Ontario (no date). Enlisted April 10, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Victoria Wood of Coe Hill. Labourer. Blue eyes, Brown Hair. Age 23. Methodist.
WOODBECK, Milford William World War I
Private. Service No. 195525. Born Sept 13, 1896 in Chandos. Next of kin Harley Woodbeck, Lasswade, father. Single, Lumberman. Enlisted Dec 2, 1918 at Peterboro. 21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Wounded at Vimy Ridge. Died of his injuries in Montreal, Quebec Oct 29, 1917 age 21. Buried Lasswade Christian Cemetery, County Road 504. Son of Harley Holistic Woodbeck (1872 – 1971) and wife, Linda Woodbeck of Lasswade. Linda is given as a nickname for wife Selina Jane Cameron Woodbeck. Lasswade Christian Cemetery.
WOODLEY, Frank World War I
Reg No. 636470. Birth April 22, 1894 Belmont Twp, Peterborough Co. Enlisted Jan 19, 1916 at Coe Hill. 155th Overseas Battalion. Next of kin Tilly Woodley, wife, of Coe Hill. Lumberman.
WOODLEY, James Henry World War I
Reg No 636764. James was born in Devonshire, England on May 23, 1856. He came to Canada at the age of nine (1865) with his brother William (24 years older). The mode of travel was on a cattle boat and arrived in either Cobourg or Port Hope and settled in the Pontypool area. James married Sarah and fathered six children. They moved their residence Coe Hill. He worked mainly in the forest industry as a teamster. James enlisted in the Canadian Army Overseas Expeditionary Force stating his birth was May 23, 1872. He enlisted on March 21, 1916 at Coe Hill. He gave his age as 43 years of age. His attestation papers made the notation “Apparent age 43 years”. He was accepted for service in World War I. It was later determined by a dental officer, from the condition of his teeth, that he was much older than his apparent age. He was then discharged and did not serve overseas. James passed away in Detlor, Ontario in 1937 at the age of ninety. His son, Frank Hugh Woodley, also served during World War II. St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
YOUMANS, Walter World War I
Private. Born Nov 17, 1894. Died June 3, 1957 age 62. Marker says 2nd Battalion C.E. F. Buried Lasswade Christian Cemetery, Lasswade, Peterborough Co, Ontario.
COE HILL MILITARY MEMORIAL
Wollaston Township, Hasting County, Ontario CANADA
These are the soldiers who planted the evergreen trees around both cemeteries in Coe Hill, one for each soldier in his memory, never knowing if he would return.
WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL, Coe Hill
Side Twp. Photo copyright Norma Gillespie 2022.
Names on Memorial Stone for World War I
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | IDENTITY | BIRTHS | DEATHS | BURIAL | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNELL | Fenton |
636239
|
Feb 17,1893 | 1917, April 9 |
FRANCE: Nine Elms Military Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| BROWNELL | Bert |
636884
|
Jan 1900 | 1917, June 30 |
FRANCE: J. A. Chaudiere Military Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| BULLIED | William Alfred |
636222.
|
Dec 11, 1887 | 1917, May 3 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| BIRD | Hiram Edward |
636932
|
1887
Mar 10
|
1917, April 9 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| CONLIN | C.Peter |
636933.
|
May 22, 1894 | 1917, May 26 |
FRANCE: Lievan Community Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| CLARKE | Richard Allen |
412201
|
1888, July 27 | 1918, Oct 11 |
FRANCE: Niagara Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| CAMPBELL | Alex. J. |
645879.
|
Sept 12, 1879 | 1917, April 9 |
FRANCE: Arras Road Cemetery
|
Coe HILL Memorial |
| CAMPBELL | William John |
413111
|
1890, July 6 | 1916, June 6 |
BELGIUM: Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| DANFORD | Charles William |
636534.
|
1885, Dec 25 | 1917, Aug 15 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| DANFORD | John Edward |
12220
|
1899, Sept 10 | 1915, Aug 8 |
CANADA: Faraday Trinity Cemetery, Coe Hill
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| DICKSON | Douglas | 220230 | 1883 | 1917, April 14 | Balin Communal Cem, FRANCE | Coe Hill Memorial |
| GILROY | Gordon | 636598 | 1885, Jan 11 | not yet clarified | Coe Hill Memorial | |
| GERRARD | Wm. H. |
904616
|
Aug 19,1893 | 1918, Sept 29 |
FRANCE: Drummond Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| GUNTER | Daniel Herbert |
1063120
|
Nov 15, 1888 | 1918, Aug 8 |
FRANCE: Beaucourt British Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| GILROY | George Arthur |
636807
|
1882, July 28 | 1918, August 8 |
FRANCE: Toronto Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| HEWTON | J W |
636886
|
1918, May 12 |
FRANCE: Bagneux British Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| CURRIE | Allan Jerome |
636319
|
Dec 29, 1894 | 1917, Aug 15 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| JACKSON | William | 454638 | 1854 | 1918, Mar 1 | Salem Pioneer Cem | Coe Hill Memorial |
| KELSH | Charles Nelson | 636236 | 1894 | 1918, Aug 25 | FRANCE:
Danville British Cemetery |
Coe Hill Memorial |
| KELLY | James Carr | 636221 | Aug 11, 1894 |
not yet found
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| LEVERIDGE | Frank | 417258 | 1890,
July 29 |
1916
May 6 |
FRANCE:
Etaples Military Cemetery |
Coe Hill Memorial |
| LAIRD | William John | 637046 | Sept 19, 1878 | Lapugnay M Cemetery, FRANCE | Coe Hill Memorial | |
| FORBES | G. |
not yet confirmed
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| McCAULEY | Gordon |
195833
|
1895 | 1918, Oct 11 |
FRANCE: Niagara Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| MINDLE | Sandy A. |
636469
|
June 11, 1894 | 1917, April 12 |
FRANCE: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| MINDLE | Ora Acile. |
636930
|
July 1, 1895 | 1917, Nov 9 |
BELGIUM: Ypes Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| POST | Elgin Charles |
636310
|
1893 | 1917. Oct 30 |
BELGIUM: Ypes Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| POST | Wm.F. | 195519 | March 25, 1891 |
not found
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| PETERS | Ernest |
195868
|
1918, April 25 |
FRANCE: Echoivres Military Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| REID | Charles Benjamin |
637044
|
1917, Oct 26 |
BELGIUM: Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| ROBBINS | Ernest John | 636765 | June 27, 1894 | |||
| Levi |
636234
|
1894 | 1917, May 11 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| SIMPSON. | Frank | 195523 | Aug 15, 1890 | 1917, April 2 | FRANCE:
Echoivres Military Cemetery |
Coe Hill
Memorial |
| KEECH | V. |
not yet found
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| TYNER | G. H. R. | 874767 | 1887 | 1917, April 28 |
FRANCE: Orchard Dump Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| TAYLOR | H |
not yet identified
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| WINTERS | George Garnes |
195646
|
1918, May 16 |
FRANCE: Doullens Communal Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| WHITNEY | Orield |
195830
|
March 3, 1898 | 1918, Oct 26 |
CANADA: Chandos Pioneer Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| WAITE | George |
8391
|
Nov 27, 1892 | 1916, Sept 9 |
FRANCE: Vimy Memorial
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| WALKER | Alfred | 637045 | Nov 4, 1878 |
not yet identified
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |
| WILCOX | G |
unable to identify from list
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| PALMERTEER | E |
Not yet identified
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| NASH | T. |
not yet identified
|
Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| PEACOCK | R | not found | Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| WOODBECK | Milford |
195525
|
1896, Sept 13 | 1917, Oct 29 |
CANADA: Lasswade Christian Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
| WOODBECK | R. E. | Not found | Coe Hill Memorial | |||
| BROWNELL | Charles H | 636225 | 1917, April 9 |
FRANCE: Nine Elms Military Cemetery
|
Coe Hill Memorial |
Maps of Cemeteries for Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany not yet done. Also Niagara Cemetery in France. Ongoing work.
