copyright © Wartime Heritage Association 2012-2024
Website hosting courtesy of Register.com - a web.com company
World War I - Casualties
Freeport
Digby County, Nova Scotia
Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Listed on the Freeport, Digby County, 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:
Cemetery:
Private
733938
25th Battalion
October 1, 1897
Freeport, NS
January 28, 1916
Fisherman
Brother of Mrs. H. Westcott, Brigton, Digby Co., NS
May 27, 1918
Killed in Action
20
Wailly Orchanrd 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
283177
85th Battalion
June 20, 1897
Freeport, NS
March 13, 1916
Freeport, NS
Farmer
Son of John E. and Catherine Elliott, of Central Grove, Digby County, Nova Scotia
June 13, 1917
Killed in Action
19
Cabaret-Rouge 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
283181
85th Battalion
August 16, 1897
Freeport, NS
March 13, 1916
Freeport, NS
Fisherman
Son of April Hersey, Freeport
April 27, 1917
Died of Wounds
20
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy Ridge
Blackford, Horace A.
Elliott, Hamilton Earle
Hersey, Charles Edward
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:
Lewis, Noble Everett
Private
283520
Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 3rd Battalion
August 31, 1895
Freeport, NS
May 1, 1916
East Ferry, Digby Co., NS
Fisherman
Son of Pitman Lewis and Annie Lewis, of Freeport, Digby Co., Nova Scotia
October 21, 1917
Killed in Action
23
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Shortliffe, Stephen Ernest
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
860029
43rd Battalion
December 25, 1892
Freeport, NS
May 9, 1916
Winnipeg
Bank Clerk
Son of the late Isaac L. and Sophia Shortliffe (nee Outhouse), of Freeport
October 26, 1917
Killed at the Battle of Passchendaele
25
Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
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
85th Battalion
March 24, 1891
Freeport, NS
December 6, 1915
Lethbridge, Alberta
Teacher
Son of George A. and Emeline Thurber, of Freeport, Digby County, Nova Scotia
October 14, 1918
Died in France
30
Terlincthun British Cemetery, France
Military Medal
Thurber, Sidney Wilton
Titus, Melburne Holland
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
283173
85th Battalion
August 12, 1897
Freeport, NS
March 13, 1916
Freeport, NS
Son of Isaac L. Titus, of Freeport, N.S., and the late Mary E. Titus.
April 2, 1919
20
Freeport Valley Cemetery, Freeport, NS
