1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Canadian Expeditionary Force. (8th Canadian Infantry Brigade 3rd Canadian Division). Killed in action 1st October 1916 during the Battle of the Ancre Heights October 1st-Novemember 16th 1916, Somme. Canadian records indicate his next of kin being Mrs Edith Love, of Fore Street, Chard, Somerset. Born 2nd January 1886, he was 28 the time of attestation and was a rancher. He previously served in the 2nd Battalion Somerset light Infantry Volunteers (Cyclist). His records are contained in R.G.150. Box 5754-19 sheets. Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme. Plot II. Row C. Grave 33. Regina Trench was captured by the 5th Canadian Brigade on the 1st October, 1916.
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Born 1886
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 106371 Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion
British Army Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Btn