WW I Postal Employees – F to J



 
FLAY, ALBERT Private, Forestry Corps, Vancouver Forestry Draft Number: 2203401 Volunteered March 5, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 3194 East 18th Avenue, Vancouver Born July 30, 1880 Bristol, England Married to Minnie Flay Died February 5, 1952 – Vancouver (Minnie died June 6, 1950 – Vancouver) Survived by son Albert and 2 grandchildren and brother William of Vancouver Prior to emigrating to Canada A. Flay worked as a bootmaker.
 
FOSTER, JAMES HAMILTON Private, Royal Canadian Engineers Number: 2005304 Volunteered October 26, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 2788 Kingsway, Vancouver Born January 19, 1879 Clitheroe, Lancashire, England Widower when volunteered – wife Annie died July 8, 1916 Died May 10, 1965 – Vancouver.
 
FRANCIS, ARTHUR BOUGHTON Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015403 Volunteered May 2, 1916 Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1893 Pendrell Street, Vancouver Born December 14, 1880 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Married Annie Hall, June 19, 1920, Vancouver Died December 14, 1946 – Vancouver (Annie died September 2, 1964) Survived by brothers and sisters in England.
 
FYLES, THOMAS Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2022858 Conscripted October 19, 1917 Letter Carrier, Vancouver 6920 Culloden Street, Vancouver Born June 27, 1887 Bolton, England Married Margaret Gladstone, April 18, 1922 Died March 27, 1979 – Sechelt (Margaret died March 13, 1967 – Sechelt) Prior to emigrating to Canada T. Fyles worked as a Joiners Apprentice.
 
GALLOWAY, WILLIAM ANDERSON Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance Number: 33345 Volunteered September 24, 1914 (Valcartier) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1634 Comox Street Born November 24, 1886 Johnstone, Scotland Died June 19, 1959 – Vancouver Survived by daughters Mrs. Margaret Huggins and Mrs. Barbara Dunlop.
 
GASPERDONE, ERMINIO Private, 68 O/S Field Battery Number: 2557334 Conscripted December 3, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 631 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver Born June 21, 1897 South Wellington, BC
Married Leonilda Lena Rosso, April 17, 1922, Vancouver Retired from Canada Post in 1957 Died May 19, 1964 – Vancouver At the time of his Conscription Erminio live in the same house as his cousin, Postal Clerk, Herbert Sciarini, who was also conscripted.
 
GLENDINNING, WILLIAM Sergeant, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 29559 Volunteered September 23, 1914 (Valcartier) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 4213 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver Born May 10, 1886 Over Cassock, Scotland.
 
GOFFIN, ARTHUR FREDERICK Private, Canadian Postal Corps Number: 35218 Volunteered December 8, 1914 (Toronto) Railway Mail Clerk, New Westminster Box 406 Port Haney, BC Born May 1, 1896 Isle of Wight, England Married Violet Ethel Fanning, March 21, 1918, Quebec City Died May 25, 1922 – Point Grey (Vancouver) of Nephritis contracted while serving in the trenches during the War. A.F. Goffin’s younger brother, Lt. Reginald George Goffin, 29th Battalion (BC Regiment) was killed in action on August 8, 1918. Both men are listed on the Cenotaph in Maple Ridge.
 
GOUGH, JOHN ADRIAN Private, 242nd Battalion, Forestry Corps Number: 1048528 Volunteered August 16, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 16th Avenue, Burnaby Born November 6, 1879 Perth, Ontario Married to Clara Gough Died February 15, 1922 – Burnaby (Clara died November 3, 1952 – New Westminster).
 
GRAY, THOMAS H. Gunner, Canadian Garrison Artillery Number: 2601824 Volunteered September 12, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 4873 Ross Street, Vancouver Born November 22, 1887 Belfast, Northern Ireland Died May 2, 1955 – Vancouver.
 
GREENWOOD, CHARLES FENWICK WILLIAM 172nd Battalion, Rocky Mountain Rangers Number: 687306 No further Military Information located Postal Clerk, Vancouver 910 Arbutus Street, Vancouver HANNIGAN, FREDERICK Private, Canadian Army Service Corps Number: 36116 Volunteered April 2, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 577 Richards Street, Vancouver Born October 2, 1890 Skull, Cork, Ireland Died June 8, 1922 – Point Grey (Vancouver)
 
HARLOCK, MATTHEW HENRY Private, Number 3 Ambulance, Army Medical Corps Number: 33354 Volunteered September 24, 1914 (Valcartier)
Private, Number 3 Ambulance, Army Medical Corps - Number: 33354 Letter Carrier, Vancouver Station C 35 West 45th Avenue, Vancouver BC
Born June 8, 1882 Burton on Trent, England Died June 27, 1918 – Lost at sea with the sinking of the Llandovery Castle. Also lost with the sinking of the Llandovery Castle was Wilfred Howard Gemmel (522922), Postal Clerk, London Ontario.  Also residing at 35 West 45th was John Stephen Harlock, Matthew’s older brother (by 2 years). John married May Gladys Peacey on November 19, 1913. He died on April 8, 1939 and was survived by his son John Stephen Harlock. Prior to emigrating to Canada M.H. Harlock worked as a labourer in a brewery.
 
HART, EDWARD Sergeant, 7th Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 16315 Volunteered September 14, 1914 (Valcartier) Railway Mail Clerk, Vancouver 747 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver Born April 20, 1884 Edinburgh, Scotland Married Annie Ferguson, May 23, 1921 Died May 16, 1941 – Vancouver.
 
HATT, HERBERT FENWICK Sergeant, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 2045044 Volunteered January 9, 1917 (Calgary) Railway Mail Clerk, Vancouver 227 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver Born February 9, 1893 Port Medway, Nova Scotia Married Stella Emma McIntyre, Vancouver, December 9, 1919 Died November 12, 1933 – New Westminster Survived by wife and 5 children H.F. Hatt’s younger brother, Leverett Melborne Hatt (3380950), was also serving with the 68th O/S Field Battery (4th Division Ammunition Column), volunteering on May 16, 1916 in Vancouver.
 
HAYES, JAMES Private, 2nd Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2771285 Conscripted September 20, 1918 (Victoria) Railway Mail Clerk, Vancouver 1127 Barclay Street, Vancouver Born October 23, 1889 Clones, Monahan, Ireland Died October 20, 1918 – Victoria During Influenza Outbreak Buried Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria At the time of his death Hayes was serving with the 260th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment, in the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force.
 
HEATON, HARRY ROBERT Sergeant, Canadian Army Postal Corps Number: 35236 Volunteered January 31, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 418 Royal Avenue, New Westminster Born February 28, 1890 Central City, Nebraska The 1911 Census shows H.R. Heaton living with his mother, Alice A Heaton.
 
HEYWOOD, HARRY HOULDSWORTH Private, 1st Division Ammunition Column Number: 435237 Volunteered May 27, 1915 (Calgary) Railway Mail Clerk, Vancouver 99 East 39th Avenue, Vancouver Born September 29, 1897 Manchester, England Died March 8, 1966, Agassiz.
 
HOLE, PERCY H. Sapper, 1st General Hospital, Medical Corps Number: 500043 No further Military Information located Letter Carrier, Vancouver 602 Heatley Avenue, Vancouver.
 
HOLLAND, LEONARD Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129994 No further Military Information located Letter Carrier, Vancouver 876 East 16th Avenue, Vancouver Married Mabel Mary Pearson, December 3, 1910 Died November 12, 1946 – Vancouver Survived by sons George of Kamloops and Leonard “at home”.
 
HUFF, CLARENCE SIMEON Corporal, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 790664 Volunteered February 21, 1916 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 403 4th Avenue, New Westminster Born January 22, 1894 New Westminster Married to Lelestral Huff Died March 7, 1984 – Vancouver.
 
HUNTER, ANDREW Gunner, 68 O/S Field Artillery Battery Number: 2021558 Conscripted October 19, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2212 Cypress Street, Vancouver Born December 21, 1896 Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
 
HUTCHINSON, GEORGE Lance Corporal, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129035 Volunteered September 9, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2557 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver Born February 2, 1887, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England Died November 15, 1946 – Vancouver Survived by Daughter in Law Leonora and 2 grandchildren Judy and Bobbie.
 
JACKSON, HENRY HARRY Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129532 Volunteered September 21, 1915 (Vancouver)
Henry Harry Jackson
Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2114 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver Born November 5, 1893 Cumberland, England Arrived in France August 13, 1916 Died September 16, 1916 at the Battle of Flers-Courcellette Buried in the Kemmel Chateau Cemetery.
 

JAMIESON, JOHN Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129706 Volunteered September 19, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 2684 Turner Street, Vancouver Born June 10, 1886 Glasgow, Scotland Married Margaret Biggar, February 7, 1916 Arrived in France August 13, 1916 Died November 15, 1916 No known grave. Name listed on the Vimy Memorial Possible connection: A Margaret Jamieson married Frederick John Dixie on Jun 9/20 in Burnaby.

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