202nd Battalion Named Men
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231004 Alfred Wilson Allen born 20-09-1892
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 10-02-1916
Later joined the 10th Battalion CEF 27th March 1917
Killed in Action a few months later on 15th August 1917 further info at http://www.longfordatwar.ie/soldiers/3 "Longford at War"
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231009 Oluff Inkster Born 25th March 1885
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 10th February 1916 and later the Canadian Survey Company. He retired with the rank of sergeant in 1918 after having been decorated with the military medal (M.M.). Later served with the R.C.A.F Works Office in WW II Died 10th April 1963 Galiano Island
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231015 Alexander Gordon Urquhart Born 23rd November 1885
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Coy Acting Segt. 12th February 1916
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Picture taken after joining the 50th Battalion (Note the 50th collar badges |
Herbert Ellis (right ) with his friend Earl Spicer note the 50th Battalion badges, collar and cap as the colour flash on Earls shoulder |
231029 Ellis, Herbert (DCM) Born 9th July 1894
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D"Company 15th February 1916 and later trasnfered to the 50th Battalion 27th May 1917
Herbert was injured a couple of times and carried the limp from these wounds for the rest of his life, as well as a slight shake
Passed away 1972
Information and many images curtesy of Glen Ellis The grandson of Herbert Ellis ~ 2015
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231025 Cecil Oscar Garvin Born 4th June 1891 202nd's RSM
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company 14-02-1916
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231035 Frank Niblett born 12-08-1882
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 24-02-1916
His trade was a Cooper
Later joined the 31st Battalion CEF 27th March 1917
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231045 Hugh Allen
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company Feb 1916 and later transfered to the 31st Battalion 27/05/1917 and is recorded as wounded
(Copy taken from The Fortienineers January 1938)
My Grand Father had his soldiers will witness by Hugh on 28-09-1916
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231048 Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May Capt. OBE DFC Born 20th March 1896 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 18-02-1916 rising to the ranks of Sergeant and was a gunnary instructor "Wop" later the joined the Royal Flying Corps garduating February 1918.
He was the final allied pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen before the German ace was shot down on the Western Front in 1918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop_May http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/may_w/March2004Alberta.pdf
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231054 David Niven Mackenzie Born 10/11/1888 Segt. "B" Company 24-02-1916 joined 18th Feb 1916
His trade was a watch maker |
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231055 Arthur Birch born 8th July 1891
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company Later transfered to 21st Battalion 22-11-1918
Images and info curtesy of Charly Gascoigne July 2014 |
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231065 George Thomas Brown born 13/05/1873
Joined 21st Feb 1916 Act. Corp. "HQ" Company
Fireman by trade Transfered to 49th Battalion D Coy later Lab. pool 24/10/1917 also 24th Coy C.F.C. |
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231069 Michael John Dougherty, born 11-10-1893 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 22-02-1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion 27-05-1917 Michael was a Corporal and in the M.G.S.
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231080 George Clark born 31-05-1890
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 25-02-1916
Image curtesy of Shayle Duffield ~ 2015 |
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231085 Frank Holmes Kenwood born 5-6-1891 Co. Q.M. Sgt. 202nd Batt. Later Canadian Artillery |
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231092 Frederick John Lang born 15-01-1896
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "HQ" Section 28-02-1916 Transferred to the 50th Battalion 27/05/1917 Received the Millitary Medal Photo from my personal collection |
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231093 Frederick Reeves Pierce born 06-08-1890
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" company 28-02-1916 Later Transerred to the 10th Battalion 27-05-1917 Killed 5th October 1917 Cemetery: Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: I. C. 21. " Fred" was in the 202nd M.G.S. |
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231097 David Donaldson born 22-03-1873
Segt "D" Coy Later transfered to 50th batt. I think this is him ! 2020 |
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231105 James Huston Cox born 26-01-1894 "A" Company Teansfered 31st Batt. Missing P.D. Died 11-12-1917 |
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231109 John Peterson born 26-03-1887
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 25-02-1916
Later joined the 49th Battalion CEF September 1917 and almost immediately transferred to the 7th Machine Gun Company before being wounded 31st October 1917
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231121 Thomas Martin born 08-08-1885
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company 5-03-1916
His trade was a Sales Manager
Later joined the 50th Battalion 27th March 1917
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231135 Charles Gee Cheshire born 08-08-1884 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 7-03-1916
Later joined the 10th Battalion CEF and was recorded as being badly wounded
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231153 Chester Dovell Buck born 26-01-1885 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 15-03-1916 Transferred back to Canada being invalided 23 May 1917 and is recorded discharged 07-12-1917 at date of death as medically unfit for service
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231170 Henry Richard Grant born 12-09-1892 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 07-03-1916
Henry was in the M.G.S. S.O.S. "Signed off Strenth" 16th January 1917 |
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231173 William Hughes Glanville born 21-08-1897 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company 07-03-1916 Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27-05-1917 K.I.A. 18th August 1918 Aged 21 William was in the M.G.S.
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231177 Robert Ellis Dunn born 23-06-1899 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 15-03-1916 Later transferred to the "B" Coy 31st Battalion and is recorded as K.I.A 05-11-1917
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231180 Arthur Hansford born 13-01-1887 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company 15-03-1916 Transferred to the 50th Battalion 27-05-1917 |
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231182 William Ralph Brownlee born 13-02-1887 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "HQ" Company 15th March 1916 A Live Stock Broaker by trade Later became Sergeant before joining the 49th Batt. 27tyh May 1917
Image courtesy og Jackie McGarrigle More info on file. |
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231198 Percy Bartle Ward born 20-09-1895 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 18th March 1916 Transferred to the 10th Battalion as a sniper
passed away 1985
details from The Royal Canadian Legion
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231203 James Stanwood Bentley born 24-02-1895 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 20th March 1916 Transferred to the 31st Battalion 27th May 1917 He was in the Machine Gun Section with his brother Robert # 231221 James was K.I.A. 9th November 1917 |
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231204 Russell Foy Arthur Brinkman born 23-03-1894 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Coy 22nd March 1916 and was placed into 13 Platoon Transferred to the 49th Battalion "D" Coy and the Scout Section 27th March 2019
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231211 Harvey Lawence Yuill born 20-03-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 17-03-1916
Transferred to the 10th Battalion 27th May 1917 Killed in Action 11th November 1917 at the 3rd battle of Passchendaele aged 19 years old.
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231221 Robert Grant Bentley born 2-04-1889 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 21st March 1916, (A day after his younger
brother 231203 above)
Transferred to the 31st Battalion 27th May 1917 He was in the Machine Gun Section with his brother James # 231203 Rebert is recorded as wounded |
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231224 Orvale Edward Richards
born 25-04-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 21-03-1916 "HQ" Company 13th Special Service Coy, A Butcher by Trade Later joined the 31st Battalion. Wounded twice at least including a car accedent in 1916 whilst at Sarcee Camp. Photo supplied by Trudy Ayotta ~ Oct. 2021
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231235 William John Harrington born 16-01-1876 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 23rd March 1916, Trade Farmer / Railroad Construction
Transferred to the Canadian Ordinance Corp 27th May 1917 |
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231238 Robert Maxwell Stabback born 25-01-1889 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 21-03-1916
Transferred to the 31st Battalion 25-05-1917 recorded as wounded |
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231243 James Hawkley Billingsley "Handley" being correct middle name. born 11-03-1889 Passed away 21st Dec 1946 aged 57
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 22-03-1916 "A" Coy |
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231246 Hugh Basil Dunn born 05-04-1896 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 20-03-1916
Transferred to the 31st Battalion recorded as wounded |
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231255 Oluf Elias Bendiksen born 12-03-1884 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 27-03-1916 Oluf was in the 202nd Band with his Brother Daniel #231368 |
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231277 John Mckinley Botsford born 06-11-1897
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 20-03-1916
Transferred to the 31st Battalion 27th May 1917 recorded as wounded Died 17th November 1917 aged 19 11 day after his brithday |
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231294 Richard Gavin Scott born 12-03-1884 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "HQ" Section 31-03-1916 Transferred to 10th Battalion 27-05-16 |
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231305 Harold Hewett born 04-08-1882
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 03-04-1916 Transferred to the 128th 11th Appril 1917 and later 28th 23rd May 1917
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231308 Herbert Charlesworth born 26-07-1877
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company 03-04-1916
Transferred to the 50th Battalion 27th May 1917
recorded as wounded
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231319 Charles Owen Ockenden born 28-08-1883
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "HQ" Section 27-05-1916 Transferred to the 50th Battalion "A" Coy 27th May 1917
recorded as wounded
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231321 Thomas Archibald Fairbairn born 08-08-1887 "C" Coy Later joined 10th Battalion K.I.A Hill 70 15-08-1917 aged 27 images & Info on file curtesy of Brian Kirkwood March 2018 |
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231323 Bruce Robert McDowell born 02-09-1895
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 04-04-1916 Transferred to the 10th Battalion 27-05-1916
Bruce was "Killed in Action" 10th August 1918 Aged 22
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231325 William Alfred Lobban born 09-03-1894
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 04-04-1916 Transferred to the 31st Battalion 27-05-1916
William was "Killed in Action" 11th October 1918 in an attach on Iwuy. He was killed by a piece of shrapnel hitting the side of his head Aged 24
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231330 Norman Flaxman Priestley born 19-07-1884
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 04-04-1916
Later recorded as a Corporal Norman was Head of the 202nd Choir
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231332 Howard Alvin Fulcher born 03-03-1892
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 06-04-1916 Transferred to the 31st Battalion recorded as wounded
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231337 Harold William McKenna "Ike" born 08-06-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 06-04-1916 "Ike" was in the 202nd Band |
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231346 Charles Alexander Stuart "Tiny" born 23-07-1895
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 2nd Platoon 07-04-1916 Transferred to the 31st Battalion 27-05-1917 His nickname was "Tiny" as he was 6' 4" tall As a middle distance runner he won many races for the 202nd Battalion in the Sports Field He was K.I.A. 11th November 1917 aged 22 |
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231358 Victor Allan Keith Scott born 19-05-1888 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Coy 31-03-1916 Later Transferred to the 10th Battalion 27-05-1917 |
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231360 Wilfred Burns Mace born 04-04-1896 A/Lance Corporal 19-12-1916 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Coy 05-04-1916 the day after his birthday Transferred to Canadian Forestry Corps 21-09-1917 Passed away 7th November 1972 My Grandfather was the brother to 231818 Thomas Burns Mace |
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231368 Daniel Bendiksen born 12-03-1898
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 23-03-1916 Daniel was in the 202nd Band with his Brother Oluf #231255 Later Transferred to the 49th Battalion and again played in the band |
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231378 Robert Edgar White born 29-09-1875 Cornwall K.I.A. 30th October 1917 Later transfered to the 49th Battalion
"C" Company Robert White, brother to Ethan White, was single and
travelling in Alberta when he made the decision to volunteer. He enlisted
on April 12, 1916 at the age of forty-one (41). He signed with the
202nd Battalion CEF, while in Edmonton, Alberta. He had grey eyes,
dark brown hair and was 5’ 9½” tall. Private Robert
White died on October 30, 1917 at the age of forty-two while serving
with the Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion (Alberta Regiment) at Ypres,
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231381 Thomas Louttit born 31-05-1883 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 12-04-1916
Later joined 31st Battalion Recorded as Wounded
Brother to 160485 William Tomison Louttit also of the 202nd Battalion and later of the Canadian Field Artillery |
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231391 Louis Rochon born 19/04/1898
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Coy 03-04-1916
Later joined 49th Battalion "A" Company 27-05-1917 K.I.A. 6th November 1917 aged 38 |
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231394 John Eley born 19/04/1898
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 10-04-1916
Later joined 31st Battalion 27-05-1917 Recorded as being wounded |
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231398 Robert William Bell born 10/10/1883
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 15-04-1916 Later transferred to the 49th Battalion "A" Company
Passed away 1969 |
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231412 Edward Lumby born 24-11-1877 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 17-04-1916 Later joined 31st Battalion Received the Military Medal
Passed away 1973 Some details from The Royal Canadian Legion further details and history from Diane Carl Oct 2020
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231414 Heber Ira Fitzgerald Hobbs born 24-03-1890 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 17-04-1916 Later joined 10th Battalion 27-05-1917 He was a Bank Manager
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231426 William Donald Kerr born 12-12-1888 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company 15-04-1916 Later joined 10th Battalion 27-05-1917 Passed away 12th August 1949 Aged 60
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231440 Joseph Alton Edwards born 02-11-1873 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 11-04-1916
Later joined transferred to the 49th Battalion "B" Company before being transferred to The Canadian Labour Pool 26-12-1917
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231449 Richard Scragg born 29-12-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 24-04-1916
Later transferred to the 31st Batt. 27-05-1917 Richard was in the Machine Gun Section. He donated his M.G.S. photo to the Edmonton Archives a few years before he died. Image dated 14th Oct 1916
Passed away 5th October 1952 Aged 84
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231450 Howard Russell Harding born 29-12-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 24-04-1916
Later joined 138th Battalion 12-08-1916 after lying about his age he was then transferred 17-11-1916 to the 2nd Canadian Army Service Corps Attched to 9th Canadian Field Ambulance Passed away 8th Feb 1952 details from The Royal Canadian Legion
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231455 Thomas Henry Coward born 08-09-1891 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Coy 04-1916 and Intelligence Section
Later joined 49th Battalion "D" Coy Wounded and later died on 20th October 1917 Thomas was a keen runner in the sports field
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231458 , Llewellyn McLuhan "Llew" Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 14-04-1916 Passed away 2nd November 1945 shortly after a car accident Aged 66 Information and images curtesy of Stuart MacKay Edmonton Alberta 2016 |
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231462 Alex Decoteau born 19-11-1887 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 24-04-1916 Later transferred to the 49th Battalion Killed in Action 30th October 2017
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231483 David Robert Cunliffe born 25-11-1888
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company April 1916 Transferred to 31st Battalion 27/05/1917
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231484 Albert Tuttle Boardman born 08-02-1873 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Coy 24-04-1916 Also in the 202nd M.G.S. Alberts trade was a cook so he may have been involved in feeding "A" Company !!
Later transferred to the 31st Battalion suffered shrapnel wounds to the right hand, arm and thigh on November 7, 1917 |
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231486 John Edward Carnegie
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company April 2016
Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27-05-1917
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231507 George Esrom Dodds born 03-08-1887
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company April 2016
Later transferred to the 31st Battalion 27-05-1917 |
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231511 Ernest Wallis Parker born 07-02-1885
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 8th April 2016
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231512 Albert Ellis Seward born 19-07-1884
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 1st May 1916
Passed away 1964
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231515 Clarance James Hall born 9-11-1899 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 8th May 1916
belived to have had motorcycle courier duties, and trained in sniping and was involved in bringing down a zeppelin near Aldershot.
He was discharged for being a minor after five months overseas in 1917 and was sent home to Canada
Information and images curtesy of Ken Hall, The grandson of C.J.Hall ~ 2014
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231543 Barclay Muir MacPherson born 07-04-1889 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 17-04-1916 Later transferred to the 10 D.D. and the 5th Battalion Barclay died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Kind Edward Hospital Winnipeg 23rd May 1918 |
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231556 Russel Earl Stratton born 05-08-1891 Canada
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 16th May 1916. His trade is recorded as Farmer Later transferred to the 50th Battalion May 1917 Received gun shot wounds to right arm and thigh Dec 1917 then attached to 2nd C.C.D. "G" Coy (Canadian Convalescent Depot) 20th January 1918 to 4 April 1918
Images courtesy of Rod Stratton ~ May 2023 Rod has Russel's War medal but is looking for his Victory Medal |
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231572 Ernest Stoutenburg born 09-12-1887 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion
Passed away 1935
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231576 John Cookson born 19-10-1885 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 15th May 1916 Transferred to 10th Battalion 27th May 1917 wounded by shrapnel, 17th Aug 1917 on left hand and as a result was invalided from service 20th July 1918
Passed away 9th Jan 1984 details from The Royal Canadian Legion |
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231584 Charles F. Laubman born 03-10-1890 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion Charles was in the 202nd Band
Later transferred to the 49th Battalion Band Section
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231585 Hugh Thomson born 26-11-1888
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Company April 1916
Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27th May 1917 K.I.A. 20th August 1918 He was 27 years old
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231597 Henry Yeager Steward
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion
Later transferred to the 49th Battalion "A" Coy 27th May 1917 Later Labour Pool 18-10-1918 |
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231619 William Gordon "Bill" Campbell born 19-03-1897 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 18th May 1916 Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27th May 1917 Apointed Lance Corporal 2nd Mar 1919 Passed away 1983 some details from The Royal Canadian Legion |
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231626 William Fanshawe Coke Littlewood born 19-05-1888 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 4th Platoon
Later transferred to the 49th Battalion Recorded as wounded
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231647 Ray Harold Price born 25-10-1898 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Company June -1916 Later Transferred to 10th Battalion 27/05/1917 |
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231650 Worley Clifford Trimble born 08-07-1885
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 08-06-1916 was in the 16th platoon
Later transferred to the 49th Battalion0 "B" Company ~ 8th Platoon Wounded11th May 1918
2nd picture taken after the war
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231651 Angus Smith born 21-08-1890 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Coy 8th June 1916 Later transferred to the 49th Battalion "D" Coy Killed in Action 30th October 1917
Note: The paper clipping says "Donald Smith" !! There was no Donald Smith in the 202nd Battalion but Anguss' father was called Donald !!! so is an publishing error Angus Smith is recorded else where as being killed 30th October 1917 so this must be the same Angus
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231656 Harry James Duffell born 11-06-1894
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 24-04-1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion and is recorded as wounded
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231662 Sydney Leslie Keen Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Company 13th June 1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion 27th May 1917
Picture curtesy Bess Keen Scheelar from Edmonton daughter of Sydney Dec 2016 |
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231666 Russel Scobie McAllister born 28-08-1897
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion Killed in Action 6th Aprl 1918 aged 19 years
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231672 Floyd Gordon Cox born 25-01-1898
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 15-06-1916. His trade recorded as Telephone Switchman
Later transferred to the 31st Battalion Wounded 6th November 1917 at Passchendaele Killed in a car crash 6th July 1965 aged 66
first two Images courtesy of C.M. Eckley, CD Major (Retd) April 2015 |
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231678 Stanly Noel Smith born 24-02-1898
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 24-04-1916
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231683 Sydney Herbert Surtees born 08-06-1881
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 01-07-1916 his trade recorded as Post Office Clark
Later transferred to the 31st Battalion
Passed away about 1948
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231684 Jack or (Harry) O'Hearne born 06-12-1891 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 1916
Later transferred to the 10th Battalion Fought at Paschendale and received Military Medal for bravery
Passed away 1985
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231702 Eugene Laure Pinyon born 27-07-1897 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 13-07-1916 Born in in Beadle, South Dakota U.S.A. He was raised in the West Liberty District west of Millet where his family farmed. After joining the 202nd Battalion In 1916 he only served for only 4 months after he injured his ankle. After he recovered he served with 13 M.D. 1st Depot Btn. (AB Regiment). Upon discharge he returned to Millet where he farmed and for a short while lived in Millet to assist his father who owned a business there but eventually returned to his farm. Eugene Pinyon passed away in 11th November, 1966. He is buried in the Montclare Cemetery at Winfield, Alberta.
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231708 David Duncan McDiamaid born 31-06-1891
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 15-06-1916
Later Transferred to 31st Battalion
Killed in Action 10th July 1917
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231710 William "Bill" Orritt born 25-04-1879
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 15-06-1916
Later Transferred to 50th Battalion
Died of Wounds 29th September 1918
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231727 Elsa McKinnon Thompson born 07-11-1889 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 1916.
Note:- not in the uniform of the 202nd Battalion
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231733 Hulbert Henry Orser born 18-04-1877 (Papers 1875) Lied about his age !! Joined "A" Company 2nd Patoon 12-06-1916 later tranfered to 31st battalion Recorded as wounded
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231739 Charles Waldock born 17-10-1873 Originally from Hertfordshire England Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 29th July 1916. He was a cook by trade
Charles passed away 25th October 1954
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231741 Howard Ephrain Webb born 4-11-1891 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 7-08-1916. Passed away 1970 Information and image from www.novascotianfaces.weebly.com 2015 |
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231746 Harold Francis Dunn born 2-05-1895 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 28-07-1916. I believe he was in the Band Section Later transferred to the 49th Battalion "B" Coy and is recorded as K.I.A. 29-09-1918 aged just 23
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231750 Edward Raymond Munro Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "HQ" Section 1916
Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27-05-1917 and is recorded as Wounded
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231752 Walter Sydney John Baxter born 18-06-1890
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 12-08-1916 He also joined the 202nd Band as a cornet player Later transferred to the 49th Battalion
Passed away 19 Oct 1980 details from The Royal Canadian Legion
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231753 Herbert Lynn Gainer born 30-05-1895
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 28-07-1916 Later transferred to the 50th Battalion
recorded as wounded in the head 25th August and later died the following day 26th Picture curtesy of Ruth Anderson Feb 2015 (Relative of the Bowen family)
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231756 Archibald Duncan Macgregor born 01-08-18964 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Company 1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion 27-05-1917
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231766 Robert Grant Holden born 02-10-1897
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 29-08-1916 recorded as being a School teacher
Passed away 30th November 1975
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231769 William Malcolm Nicholson born 05-08-1887
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 01/09/1916
Picture curtesy of Denis Denty. May 2015
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231775 Ray Charles Milton born 25-05-1894 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "A" Coy at Sarcee Camp 09-09-1916 He may have lied about his age !!!! Charles was in the M.G.S. Passed away 1975 aged 81
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231777William Gordon Miller born 08-02-1892
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy -1916 Later transferred to the 50th Battalion 27-05-1917 and is recorded as wounded Died 2nd September 1918 Aged 24
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231783 Edgar Bertrum Atkins born 18-03-1888
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion -1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion and is recorded as wounded
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231784 Fenton Ardillo Nash born 02-02-1894 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion August 1916.
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231793 Walter John Bibby Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "D" Coy August 1916. Died 23rd August 1917 Aged 25 Brother to Edward "Clarence" Bibby 231794 who joined the same time the same day !
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231809 Trevor Dodd Davis born 22-03-1896
Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 08-081916 Later transferred to the 10th Battalion CEF and is recorded as wounded 16th Aug 1917 at the battle for Hill 70. After he recovered he was wounded again in the battle of Amiens and later died 9th September 1918
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231811James Edwin Duncan Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion and is recorded as wounded Died 22nd May 1918 Aged 25
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231815 Lawrence Harold Webb born 23-06-1985 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "B" Coy 1916 Later transferred to the 50th Battalion Died 25th August 1917 Aged 33
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231826 Allan Giles born 06-11-1889 Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion "C" Coy 1916 Later transferred to the 31st Battalion and is recorded as wounded
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89291 & 2157425 Bowen Gordon Titus born 29-12-1885 Joined 7th Brigade C.F.A. 1st March 1915 Discharged from CEF as medically Unfit 20th November 1916 Joined C.M.S.C Sec "B" 1st January 1917 at 3:00 PM Lost sight in left eye from shell shock Joined the 202nd (Sportsmans) Battalion 30th June 1916.
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883583 Wigglesworth George Metcalfe born 12-07-1889
Originally from the 187th Battalion He sailed from Halifax to Liverpool on the SS Olympic on the 20th Dec 1916 and joined the 202nd Battalion at Whitley camp going to France on May 22nd 1917 with the 10th Battalion. and getting 14 days leave in February . He was wounded twice, the first time to his left forearm on March 19th but on the March 23rd more seriously to his right forearm. He reported to the 6th Casualty Clearing Station. He spent one month in hospital from March 31st 1918 at Ipswich recovering from this wound variously described as caused by shrapnel or a bullet but according to the army this left no disability. He convalesced at Epsom for ten days and went to France again on Sept 5th.. He was awarded the Military Medal on Nov 9th 1918 which was gazetted on August 5th 1919.
To download the story of George Metcalfe Wigglesworth
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160485 William Tomison Louttit born 13-08-1884
Joined the 82nd Battalion C.E.F. 28th September 1915 afterwards the 202nd Battalion he is on the Nominal Rolls later the Canadian Field Artillery Brother to Thomas Louttit 213138 listed above
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