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World War I - Casualties Digby Digby County, Nova Scotia
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Listed on the Digby War Memorial (1914 - 1918)
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Memorial:
Lance Corporal 704147 102nd Battalion February 24, 1898 April 19, 1916 Clerk August 8, 1918 Killed In Action 20 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Memorial:
Private 222879 85th Battalion September 14, 1893 Joggin Bridge, Digby Co.,NS October 30, 1915 Fisherman Son of the late Capt. James S. and Mrs. Susan E. D'Arcy, of Joggin Bridge, Digby Co. April 9, 1917 23 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery
Private 8/4705 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Army Digby NS Seaman Son of W. S. Gilpin, Digby NS July 2, 1916 Died of wounds received at Armentieres. 37 Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Churchill, Louis Lawrence
D'Arcy, DeVere
Gilpin, William Savary [Sawrey]
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery
Handspiker, Edison Torrey
Private 733773 25th Battalion April 18, 1897 Mt Pleasant, Digby Co. NS January 24, 1916 Fisherman Son of Alfred Handspiker, of Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia. February 5, 1918 Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Hayden, William Ensley
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery
Private 282851 85th Battalion August 30, 1888 Digby NS February 24, 1916 March 8, 1917 Killed in Action Villers Station Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Memorial:
Private 907436 5th Battalion May 25, 1897 Digby NS March 18, 1916 Son of Frank and Myrtle Hutchinson, of Digby, Nova Scotia. July 26, 1918 Killed in Action 19 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Hutchinson, Burwell Elmo
Laines , Robert A.
Levy, Harry
Morgan, Arnold Hastings
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery:
Private 734047 Royal Canadian Regiment September 12, 1895 Marshalltown, Digby Co., NS February 8, 1916 Drug Clerk Son of Isaiah T. and Alma M.Morgan, of Marshalltown, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. August 27, 1918 22 Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery:
Private 282854 219th Battalion September 15, 1872 Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS March 15, 1916 Digby, NS Tailor Sarah Jane Muise (Wife) Digby NS December 6, 1918 46 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Digby, NS
Robinson, James
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery:
Private 282863 219th Battalion Son of James and Norah Robinson, of Joggin Mines, N.S.; husband of Annie Robinson, of Digby, April 6, 1918 24 Smith's Cove Cemetery, Digby Co., NS
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery:
Private 282727 85th Battalion January 28, 1894 Digby NS March 6, 1916 Son of A. G. Shortliffe, of Digby, Nova Scotia September 2, 1918 24 Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France
Shortliffe, Wilber Harris
Shreve, Charles Dayrell
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery: Awarded:
Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery, 9th Brigade Son of Thomas C. and Mary A. Shreve, of Digby, Nova Scotia. October 7, 1918 25 Bourlon Wood Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Military Cross
Turnbull, George Archer
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Memorial:
Private 415514 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles September 5, 1895 Digby NS Son of Jessie S. Turnbull, of Queen St., Digby, Nova Scotia, and the late Dr. George D. Turnbull. September 15, 1916 21 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Vantassell, Walter
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Cemetery:
Private 70009 26th Battalion March 4, 1890 Digby NS November 5, 1914 Painter Son of John L. Vantassel, Digby September 28, 1916 Killed In Action Adanac Military Cemetery
Winchester, Joseph Hopley
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Cemetery:
Private 222805 85th Battalion October 3, 1889 Digby NS October 28, 1915 Husband of Ella G. Winchester, of Digby, Nova Scotia. August 25, 1917 Barlin Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Young, Leland Fauntleroy
Rank Service No Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery:
Bombardier 90212 Canadian Field Artillery, 6th Brigade September 6, 1891 Digby NS March 30, 1915 Labourer Son of Alex Young, of Digby, Nova Scotia. May 14, 1917 26 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France