In 2009, when renovations were being done to the Main Lobby, workmen found a plaque honouring Vancouver Post Office Employees who volunteered for service in WWI.
A search through military records and archives uncovered a great deal of information on many of the individuals and prompted a search for other employees who served in WWI and returned. The search turned up over 100 names. Jim Bains is in the midst of tracking down descendants of these individuals.
He's found and researched quite a list of the Canada Post employees who served in WW I. Jim also has received a few photos from the descendants of these men. We thank them very much for enriching our tribute to the people who fought for us then. Names in Red died in service or because of it.
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ANDERSON, WILLIAM FOSTER Driver, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 338856 Volunteered May 1, 1916 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 755 East 29th Ave Vancouver Born May 23, 1878 Halifax, Yorkshire, England Married to Hannah Anderson Died April 9, 1948—Vancouver Survived by son Earnest (born 1902 Vancouver) and daughter Mildred.
ASKHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015882 Volunteered October 25, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1003 Granville Street, Vancouver Born September 21, 1882 Lankersley, Lancashire, England Married to Emma Askham Died September 13, 1952—New Westminster (Emma died March 9, 1972—Vancouver) Survived by brothers and sisters in the United States and England C.W. Askham and wife Emma emigrated to Canada in 1906.
BARKER, PERCIVAL MONTAGUE Private, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339207 Volunteered August 11, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 754 East Broadway, Vancouver Born February 3, 1887 London, England Married to Lillian Emma Barker The 1911 Census shows daughter Joneta E.L.B. Barker (born 1908).
BEFORD, ROBERT New Westminster Post Office records show Letter Carrier Robert Bedford on Active Service, returning to the Post Office on July 27, 1919. No Military Records located. No records located in the BC Vital Events Index.
BENNETT, GEORGE ERNEST Gunner, 68th O/S Field Artillery Number: 339301 Volunteered September 13, 1916 (Vancouver) Mail Collector, Vancouver 3416 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver Born March 24, 1887 Montreal, Quebec Married to Bessie Bennett Died January 8, 1980—Victoria.
BENNETT, THOMAS WILLARD Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance Number: 1212 Volunteered November 15, 1914 (Esquimalt) Railway Mail Clerk No address available. Next of Kin, Mother, 2034 Mance Street, Montreal Born March 20, 1892 Montreal, Quebec Married Edith Mary Lillico, August 6, 1920, Vancouver.
BLAKE, GEORGE WILLIAM Private, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 331604 Volunteered February 22, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 415 East 21st Avenue, Vancouver Born September 14, 1882 Bromley, Middlesex, England Married to Harriet Emily Haydock, June 15, 1916 Harriet lived at 1343 Hornby Street during her husband’s absence. Died December 30, 1921 – Vancouver Possible connection Records show Harriet Emily Blake marrying Alfred Longhurst June 2, 1923 She died on October 17, 1957 and was survived by her husband.
BLAIR, THOMAS CECIL Driver, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2022129 Conscripted October 19,1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1333 Richards Street, Vancouver Born February 4, 1893 Vancouver BC Married Lily Thompson, September 26, 1921, Trail BC Died February 10, 1955 – Vancouver (Lilly died October 28, 1948 – Vancouver) Survived by son Thomas W. Blair of Vancouver.
BOURNE, VICTOR ALBERT Sapper, 68 O/S Field Battery Number: 476778 Volunteered September 15, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver #2 1540 Yew Street, Vancouver Born November 30, 1885 Maidstone, Kent England Married Bessie Long, August 14, 1910, Vancouver Died December 27, 1943 – Vancouver (Bessie died December 26, 1947 – Vancouver) Survived by son Victor Prior to emigrating to Canada V.A. Bourne worked as a papermaker.
BOWDEN, ARTHUR LAWSON Gunner, 68th O/S Field Artillery Number: 339570 Volunteered February 16, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 313 Keary Street, New Westminster Born December 3, 1893 Arbroath, Forfar, Scotland Married Hazel Irene Swaffer, May 19, 1920, Vancouver Died March 9, 1972 – New Westminster (Hazel died April 23, 1976 – New Westminster).
BROUGHTON, FRANK Private, 242nd Battalion, Forestry Corps Number: 1048597 Volunteered September 13, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 131 Beck Street, New Westminster Born March 16, 1883 Bolton, Lancashire, England Married to Jessie Broughton Died April 17, 1955 – New Westminster (Jessie died August 22, 1945) Survived by son Sidney and daughter Alice and brothers Alfred, Harold and John of New Westminster Prior to emigrating to Canada F. Broughton worked as a Steam Engine Draughtsman.
BURTON, GEORGE HEWITT Private, BC Cyclists Platoon Number:2223323 Volunteered December 1, 1916 (Vancouver) Railway Mail Clerk 1491 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver Born October 9, 1889 Kitchener, Ontario Married Olive Margaret McIntyre, May 18, 1920, Vancouver Died July 1, 1956 – Vancouver (Olive died April 7, 1959 – Vancouver) Survived by John A. Burton of Portland OR, daughter Margaret, 3 grandchildren and sister Mrs. G.A. King of Vancouver.
BUTCHER, ALFRED Private, 102nd Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 703636 Volunteered April 6, 1916 (Comox) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 65th Avenue, Point Grey Born February 20, 1888 London, England Married (wife’s name not shown on Attestation Certificate) Died September 20, 1978 – Central Saanich.
CAIRNS, HARRY Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015345 Volunteered March 17, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 817 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver Born June 29, 1888 Bruce Mines, Ontario Married Bessie Mae Bigney, June 27, 1925 Died October 22, 1966 – Vancouver (Bessie died April 27, 1954 – Vancouver) Survived by sisters Mrs. Kate Johnson and Mrs. Madge Rines of White Rock.
CALVERT, THOMAS JOHN Private, 224th Battalion, Forestry Corps Number: 299245 Volunteered April 14, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 856 Union Street, Vancouver Born November 4, 1883 County Down, Ireland Married Isabella Cully, December 25, 1920 Died June 20, 1971 – Vancouver (Isabella died June 7, 1937 – Vancouver).
CARLYON, ALBERT (ALGERNON) Private, 11th Mounted Rifles (BC Dragoons) Number: 116415 Volunteered May 31, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 539 East 65th Avenue, Vancouver Born August 18, 1885 Brantford, Middlesex, England Married Marion Walker, August 21, 1911 Died June 27, 1959 – Vancouver Survived by sons Jasper (England) and Raymond (Victoria) and 1 grandson (England).
CARR, FRANK EDWARD Private, 7th Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 16472 Volunteered September 18, 1914 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1219 East 15th Avenue, Vancouver Born December 19, 1886 Ryde, Ontario Died April 26, 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres No known grave. Name listed on the Menin Gate F.E. Carr’s younger brother, James Percy Carr, enlisted with the 47th Battalion (New Westminster) on March 15, 1915. He completed the war as a Sergeant (#28570).
CATER, GEORGE Private, 62nd Battalion, BC Regiment No enlistment date located Letter Carrier, Vancouver 2761 McGill Street, Vancouver The 1911 Census for Vancouver shows George Cater, born 1888. Died August 28, 1923 – Vancouver (Point Grey) Survived by wife Jess, 3 sons “at home”, and parents. Younger brother, Andrew Cater(#435826), served in the No.1 Field Ambulance.
CHANTRELL, WILLIAM SMITHSTON Sergeant, Medical Corps, #4 General Hospital Number: 521027 Volunteered March 17, 1915 (Esquimalt) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1569 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver Born October 19, 1883 Elgin BC (now part of Surrey) Married to Anna Died April 23, 1958 – Vancouver Survived by Daughters Mrs. Doris Mitchell and Mrs. Ida Hamilton.
CHURCHILL, GEORGE Gunner, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 2023637 Conscripted May 17, 1918 (Vancouver) Superintendent of Letter Carriers, Vancouver 842 Hornby Street, Vancouver Born July 2, 1884 Nanaimo, BC Married Kathleen Jeanette Rae, January 22, 1923, Vancouver Died March 20, 1945 – Vancouver (Kathleen died May 31, 1971 – Coquitlam) Survived by brother John and sisters Mrs. Thomas Dickson and Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Langham. Several nieces and nephews.
CLARK, JAMES WILLIAM Private, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339617 Volunteered March 29, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver Suite 201, Connaught Hotel Born August 1, 1881 Valparaiso, Chile.
CLARKE, GORDON HARRY Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2024062 Conscripted October 9, 1917 (Vancouver) Assistant Postal Inspector Suite 36, Caroline Court, Vancouver Born September 4, 1884 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Married Rosa Francois, September 12, 1925 Died September 7, 1956 – Vancouver Survived sister Mr. H.M. Johnston and nephew Lyman C. Johnston of Toronto.
CLUCAS, JOHN COTTIER Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2022834 Conscripted October 16, 1916 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2031 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver Born December 8, 1881 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Married to Wynne Died April 11, 1975 – North Vancouver Survived by son Richard Clucas (Marjorie) of West Vancouver and 4 grandchildren Prior to emigrating to Canada J.C. Clucas worked as a Railway Clerk.
CONNOR, LEO Private, 29th Battalion, Irish Fusiliers, BC Regiment Volunteered January 15, 1915 (Vancouver( Postal Clerk, Vancouver 930 East 18th Avenue Born March 20, 1891 London, England Certificate of Attestation shows “Trade or Calling” as Engineer
CORBETT, ROBERT HENRY Private, 230th Forestry Battalion Number: 1012991 Volunteered December 12, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 68 6th Street, New Westminster Born January 9, 1874 Orangeville ON Married to Maggie Corbett Died July 9, 1934 – Vancouver (Maggie died August 29, 1930 – New Westminster) Survived by sons Harry, New Westminster and Earl and Willfred, Seattle.
CORCORAN, JOHN ANDREW Private, 102nd Battalion, Northern BC Regiment Number: 703363 Volunteered January 19, 1916 (Vancouver) Clerk/Stenographer, Inspector’s Office, Vancouver 1046 Granville Street, Vancouver Born August 18, 1886 Charlottetown P.E.I. Died May 15, 1955 – Vancouver Survived by sister Annie of Vancouver, brother Harry and sister Mary of Charlottetown
DAILEY, ALFRED JAMES Private, 47th Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 629551 Volunteered September 29, 1915 (Vernon) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 909 East 5th Avenue, New Westminster Born October 17, 1888 Aughrim, Derry, Ireland Married Crissie Bell Marshal, April 10, 1914, New Westminster Died February 11, 1917 Buried in the Villers Station Cemetery, France
DARGIE, DAVID MALCOLM Private, 47th Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: A29809 Volunteered March 12, 1915 Railway Mail Clerk, New Westminster New Westminster Born December 2, 1889 Bangor, North Wales Married Maisie Spooner, November 8, 1919, Vancouver.
DENHOLM, WALTER Private, 10th Battalion, Calgary Highlanders Number: 20308 Volunteered September 22, 1914 (Valcartier) Railway Mail Clerk, New Westminster New Westminster Born February 5, 1884 Edinburgh, Scotland.
DOYLE, ALFRED EDWARD Private, 7th Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 16996 Volunteered September 23, 1914 (Valcartier) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 8234 Shaughnessy, Vancouver Born November 25, 1886 Dublin, Ireland Died October 27, 1965 – North Vancouver Survived by daughters Mrs. Mark Jansen and Mrs. Robert Proctor and 9 grandchildren.
DUNLOP, ALEXANDER No military information located Letter Carrier, Vancouver East 14th Avenue and Boundary Road, Vancouver.
EMSLEY, ALBERT LAWRENCE SEABORN Private, 13th Field Ambulance Number: 532770 Volunteered June 1, 1916 (Victoria) Railway Mail Clerk, New Westminster Fitzgerald Street, Nanaimo Born September 8, 1882 Napanee, Ontario Married Gertrude Frier June 14, 1910, New Westminster Died April 28, 1958 – Vancouver.
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)
Letter Carrier, Vancouver Station C 35 West 45th Avenue, Vancouver BCBorn 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) 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.
KEIST, JAMES MCLEAN Private 2nd Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2139855 Conscripted May 20, 1918 (Victoria) Letter Carrier, Vancouver North Lonsdale P.O., North Vancouver Born January 22, 1892 Roslyn, Scotland Died March 26, 1941 – Vancouver Survived by son Alfred of 3884 Sophia Street, Vancouver.
KENDALL, THOMAS Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015348 Volunteered April 20, 1916 Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2031 Pendrell Street, Vancouver Born August 25, 1886 Burnley, Lancashire, England Married to Eleanor Jane Kendall Died June 20, 1973 – Vancouver (Eleanor died May 25, 1956 – North Vancouver) Survived by daughters Mrs. Frank Phillips and Mrs. Dave DaSilva.
KINCAID, JOHN Private, 196th Battalion, Western Universities Number: 2218303 Volunteered March 30, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1152 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver Born February 3, 1894 Airdrie, Scotland Married Margaret David Smith, February 24, 1927 Died July 7, 1976 – Vancouver.
LEGGATT, DAVID JOHN Private, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 790649 Volunteered February 21, 1916 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, New Westminster General Delivery, New Westminster Born August 29, 1886 Newton Moore Hyde, Cheshire, England Married Gloria Iris Morgan, June 6, 1921, New Westminster Died July 3, 1962 – Vancouver (Gloria died January 27, 1934 – New Westminster) Survived by sons Campbell William and Lake Stewart and daughter Joan (New Westminster).
LEARMONTH, ALEXANDER Gunner, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339548 Volunteered February 3, 1917 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1072 Nelson Street, Vancouver Born May 14, 1889 Stroussay, Orkney Islands, Scotland Married Frances Emily Wotton, September 6, 1921, Vancouver Younger brother, James Brodie Learmonth, volunteered with the BC Regiment on January 17, 1918. Number 2021266.
LEMESSURIER, HERBERT S. Bombadier, 68 O/S Field Battery Number: 338980 Volunteered June 5, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 3538 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver Born March 23, 1890 St. John’s NF Married Alice Juliet Bjornason, January 3, 1914, Vancouver Died October 2, 1973 – New Westminster (Alice died December 16, 1967 – Vancouver) Survived by daughter Mrs. Kathleen Peters of Coquitlam and 5 grandchildren Brother/Cousin?-
Cyril Lemessurier, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, volunteered September 2, 1915, was killed in action on November 21, 1916. At the time of his enlistment he was living at 3510 Prince Edward Street along with William Pierce Victor Lemessurier, an accountant, who volunteered with the 158th Battalion, BC Regiment, on October 10, 1916. Son, Gordon Henry Lemessurier, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, died on Active Service on March 13, 1944 while serving on H.M.C.S. Givenchy. LITTLEWOOD, CHARLES JAMES Lance Corporal, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 790895 Volunteered April 6, 1916 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 218 11th Avenue, New Westminster Born April 23, 1894 Island Magee, Ireland Married Ruth Jennings, June 30, 1920, New Westminster Died May 8, 1973 – New Westminster (Ruth died April 12, 1981 – New Westminster) Served as conductor of the New Westminster Concert Orchestra 1965-66
LOFTHOUSE, JOSEPH EDWARD Private, Vancouver Forestry Corps Draft, Forestry Corps Number: 2203369 Volunteered February 24, 1917 Letter Carrier, Vancouver 2370 East 29th Avenue, Vancouver Born May 10, 1878 Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England Married to Elizabeth Grace Lofthouse Died January 28, 1964 – Burnaby (Elizabeth died June 26, 1972 – North Vancouver) Survived by sons Norman (North Vancouver), John Gordon (Vancouver) and daughter Mrs. J. (Dulcie) Ross (Surrey), 7 grandchildren and 1 grandchildren. Prior to emigrating to Canada J.E. Lofthouse worked as a Commercial Clerk.
LONGWORTH, RICHARD WILLIAM Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015410 Volunteered March 20, 1916 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver Bronx Rooming House, Vancouver Born October 6, 1882 Dublin, Ireland Died February 19, 1943 – Vancouver No family listed in obituary. Service conducted by the Royal Canadian Legion. Buried in Mountainview Cemetery.
LYTHAM, JOHN Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2021560 Conscripted February 9, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 733 Beattie Street, Vancouver Born June 29, 1891 Lockerbie, Scotland Married Jessie Davidson Ronald, April 30, 1930, Vancouver Died October 11, 1967 – Vancouver (His Obituary in the Vancouver Sun mistakenly lists his name as Lythan) (Jessie Died October 29, 1944 – Vancouver) Survived by sister Mrs. E. Drake of Vancouver and one niece and one brother and two sisters in Scotland.
MCDELL, JOHN Private, #1 Field Ambulance, Medical Corps Number: 525101 Volunteered November 11, 1916 (Victoria) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 468 Dixon Street, New Westminster Born November 7, 1881 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Married to Janet Foyer McDell Died November 20, 1958 – New Westminster (Janet died July 15, 1944 – New Westminster) Survived by sons Coventry (Sonny), John F. and Glenn (New Westminster) and daughters Mrs. Sara Dobbie and Mrs. Dave Bremner, 8 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
MCLELLAN, ALEXANDER Private, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339279 Volunteered September 12, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 4308 John Street, Vancouver Born February 1, 1889 North Uist, Inverness, Scotland Married to Agnes McLellan (Agnes died November 5, 1977 – Vancouver) Survived by sons J. Gilbert McLellan of Antigua, Robert S. McLellan and Leonard R. McLellan of Vancouver, 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
MCLELLAN, JOHN Gunner, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339202 Volunteered August 23, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 883 Hornby Street, Vancouver Born April 5, 1889 Larkhall, Scotland Widower Died January 2, 1958 – Vancouver Remarried to Isabella (Ella) Copeland Hartin (a widow), May 29, 1920 (Ella died March 25, 1959 – Vancouver) Survived by sons Sam and James Hartin and daughter Agnes La Belle Grandaughters Cathy Anne La Belle and Jeanne Hartin.
MCMURTRIE, JAMES Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129452 Volunteered September 17, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 839 East 13th Avenue, Vancouver Born September 26, 1879 Ayr, Scotland Married Mary Frost, February 27, 1927, Vancouver Died December 12, 1946 – Vancouver (Obituary shows surname “Murtrie”) (Mary died July 27, 1984 – Vancouver) Survived by daughter Margaret.
MAYNE, WILFRID JOHN Sergeant, 68 O/S Field Battery Number: 331659 Volunteered February 21, 1916 Letter Carrier, Vancouver 2162 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver Born April 8, 1891 Liverpool, England Married Marjorie Lois Ellis, August 6, 1914, Vancouver Died June 22, 1986 – Sechelt.
METCALF, JOHN BENYON Sergeant, #5 General Hospital, Medical Corps Number: 521117 Volunteered June17, 1915 (Esquimalt) Letter Carrier, Vancouver Vancouver Heights P.O., Vancouver Born December 28, 1885 Liverpool, England Married Dorothy Brooker, July 24, 1929 (Remarried /1st wife – Nellie) Died August 31, 1962 – Vancouver Survived by son Jack (Vancouver) and daughters Mrs. C. Parwell (Gibsons), Mrs. T. Ledder, Mrs. J. Meland, and Mrs. G.H. Ash (Vancouver) J.B. Metcalf was a Stonemason prior to emigrating to Canada.
MILLS, CHARLES ASHWORTH Corporal, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 331663 Volunteered February 21, 1916 Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1641 Seymour Street, Vancouver Born April 22, 1886 Chorley, Lancashire, England Died July 7, 1960 – Langley
MITCHELL, JAMES ELDER Private, 29th Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 75200 Volunteered November 12, 1914 (Vancouver) Railway Mail Clerk, Vancouver No address available (mail forwarded to Main Branch, Royal Bank) Born June 3, 1883 Midlothian, Scotland Married to Margaret Mitchell.
MORRIS-WHITE, THOMAS CHARLES Driver, 1st Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery Number: 339472 Volunteered December 16,1916 (Vancouver)
Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1695 Kingsway, Vancouver -during 1917 the family moved to 3958 Gladstone St Born July 17, 1881 Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Married to Marion M. Morris-White Died of pneumonia at the York Place Divisional Hospital, Brighton, June 17, 1918. Buried Brighton Borough Cemetery, England Survived by: Sons, Thomas Charles Morris White (died July 17, 1985)Daughter in law Winnifred Grandson Tom (California) and granddaughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Scotland (Surrey) John Gardner Morris White (died June 14/78, Sechelt), George Anthony Morris White (died July 5/87) Daughter in law Kay and grandsons Ted, Sandy, Dan, Rod, granddaughters Marcie, Nancy, Christine, Daughters, Miriam Anne Hodson (died April 13/70, Powell River) Cecilia Maude Bridget Mayfield, Dorothea Charlotte Innes, Helen Elizabeth Sartain (died Sept 25/82, Surrey), Lillian Jean Rourke, and Evelyn Margaret Burton. Family story says he changed his name to Morris-White so he wouldn’t have to wait so long when his name was called for mail.
MOSS, FRANK Private, #5 General Hospital, Medical Corps Number: 521124 Volunteered June 24, 1915 (Esquimalt) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 904 Nicola Street, Vancouver Born February 7, 1882 Manchester, Lancashire, England Married to Harriet Moss (Obituary shows her name as Ethel) Frank died January 18, 1968 – Victoria) Survived by J.E. Ross and two grandsons in Kitchener ON and 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
MOULANG, SAMUEL HERBERT Lance Corporal, 62nd Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 463789 Volunteered August 7, 1915 (Vernon) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 600 Queensbury Avenue, North Vancouver Born September 16, 1889 Dublin, Ireland (Parish of St. Jude) Married to Nellie Helena Moulang Died February 4, 1972 – White Rock (Nellie died October 16, 1966 – White Rock) Survived by daughter Eileen Parents Daniel (a jeweller) and Marie Ann, sister Minnie, brothers John, Walter and George.
MURRAY, JOHN JAMES Sergeant, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2022286 Conscripted March 19, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1926 Granville Street (Royal Hotel) Born April 18, 1886 Brora, Sutherlandshire, Scotland Married Florence Ada Bibby, April 29, 1925 Died July 8, 1963 – Vancouver (Florence died February 17, 1986).
OGILVY, CHARLES SAMSON Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2024397 Conscripted June 27, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk 1071 Comox Street, Vancouver Born June 23, 1885 Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland Died June 9, 1938 – Vancouver.
ORR, ROBERT JOHN Private, 121st Battalion (Western Irish) BC Regiment Number: 760457 Volunteered December 29,1915 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 442 East 19th Avenue, Vancouver Born March 10, 1888 Glasgow, Scotland Married Catherine Isabella Hay, September 9, 1921 Died May 7, 1958 – Vancouver (Catherine died August 10, 1926) Survived by son Robert John J. Orr and daughter Janet M. Orr.
PALMER, CLARENCE ROY Private, 231st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 1015816 Volunteered July 22, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 53 East 66th Avenue, Vancouver Born October 30, 1892 Winnipeg, MB Son of George Clarence Palmer and Laura Louise Palmer Arrived in France, May 23, 1917 Wounded on July 23, 1917 in the Avion Sector and returned to the Regiment on January 12, 1918. Died March 30, 1918. No known grave. Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
PEART, CHARLES HERBERT Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 116417 Volunteered June 1, 1915 Postal Clerk, Vancouver 975 Bute Street, Vancouver Born May 18, 1893 Dublin, Ireland Son of Thomas and Jessie Peart Arrived in France January 14, 1917 Died May 24, 1917 Buried in the La Chaudiere Cemetery Jessie Peart died on September 24, 1954 (age 81) and survived by son Cyril D. Peart of Victoria, daughter Mrs. Mabel Helyer, 2 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter. Brother in law, Maurice Helyer, served as a Lieutenant in the 21st Battalion, Prince of Wales Own. Maurice Helyer was a structural engineer and he and his wife Mabel (married January 19, 1916) resided at 975 Bute Street with the Peart Family.
PELLEW, WALTER Private, 242 Forestry Battalion Number: 1048981 Volunteered August 16, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 1315 Nanaimo Street, New Westminster Born December 11, 1875 Penzance, Cornwall, England Married to Ethel Pellew Died January 2, 1958 – Ganges) (Ethel died September 30, 1934 – New Westminster) .
PENDER, JAMES R. Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129641 Volunteered September 21, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver Born August 19, 1892 Nanaimo Son of James and Hannah Pender Arrived in France on August 13, 1916 Died November 23, 1916 Fell in the Bozincourt Trench System Buried in the Abbeville Cemetery Survived by parents and younger sisters Polly and Ethel.
PIRRIE, FREDERICK Private, 11th Mounted Rifles (BC Dragoons) Number: 116292 Volunteered March 22, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2262 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver Born March 26, 1891 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
POOKE, KENNETH EDWIN Private, 68th O/S Field Battery Number: 339218 Volunteered August 28, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 512 Woodland Drive, Vancouver Born December 18, 1892 Walla Walla WA Married Bertha Louise Fox, April 28, 1915 Died April 6,1983 – Burnaby (Bertha Died April 19, 1984 – Burnaby).
PREST, FREDERICK W.B. New Westminster Post Office Records show Robert W.B. Prest volunteering for Military Service but no Military Records located.
PUTTICK, ALBERT WATTS Lieutenant, 68 O/S Field Artillery Number: 476812 Volunteered September 17, 1915 Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1041 Seymour Street, Vancouver Born September 23, 1883 London, England Married Jessie McManus, April 28, 1913 Died April 13, 1968 – North Vancouver (Jessie died September 14, 1951 – Vancouver) Survived by daughter Patricia Ellen Puttick, North Vancouver. In WWII A.W. Puttick was a Major, 2nd in command of the Gunnery School in Victoria. He remained active in the 15th Brigade following WWII.
QUINN, ALEXANDER FILMORE Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 16685 Volunteered September 28, 1914 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver (Registration Section) 3256 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver Born August 5, 1889 Glencoe, Ontario Died June 3, 1916 No know grave Name listed on the Menin Gate Carol Van Camp, retired VMPP Postal Clerk, is the Great Niece of AF Quinn. He was her Maternal Grandmother’s brother. Quinn was born in Glencoe, ON. The family then moved to Chatham ON and then to Vancouver in 1902.
REID, RICHARD NICHOLSON Private, #5 General Hospital, Medical Corps Number: 525170 Volunteered February 14, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1019 Davie Street, Vancouver Born June 8, 1878 London, England Died June 4, 1952 – Vancouver Survived by brother Norman of Vancouver
RICHARDSON, JOSEPH Gunner, 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery Number: 338914 Volunteered May 9, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 4866 James Street (now Quebec Street), Vancouver Born May 7, 1896 Barrow-in-Furness, England Married Evelyn Howe, January 29, 1916, Vancouver Died August 27, 1918 Buried Hollybrook Cemetery, Southhampton, England (Evelyn remarried to Richard James Williams, February 8, 1930, Vancouver) (Evelyn died February 22, 1977) Survived by wife Evelyn, father Joseph, mother Isabel, brothers Frederick and William and sisters Ada, Clara, Sara, and Margaret..
RICKSON, JOSEPH Private, 223rd Battalion (Canadian Scandinavians) Number: 294846 Volunteered January 13, 1917 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 1605 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver Born April 1, 1876 Braidwood, Illinois Married to Margaret Rickson Died December 17, 1958 – Vancouver (Margaret died April 26, 1936) Survived by sons Joseph and Douglas (Vancouver), Frank (Penticton), daughters Mrs. Ida Benson, Mrs. Veda Rekdal, Mrs. Muriel Lucas (Vancouver) and Mrs. Esther Niles (Crescent BC), 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
ROGERS, WILLIAM HUGH Private, Forestry Corps Number: 2213329 Letter Carrier, New Westminster 215 Keary Street, New Westminster Born June 13, 1880 Broughton, Derbyshire, Wales Married to Georgia K. Rogers (Georgia died November 13, 1920 – New Westminster) The 1911 census shows a daughter, Bessie Jean Rogers, born 1910. ROSS, STUART GRAY Private, Canadian Engineers Number: 505757 Volunteered July 3, 1916 (Vancouver) Railway Mail Clerk 332 East 17th Avenue, Vancouver Born September 4, 1886 Regina, SK Married Jean Scott Gray, January 30, 1926 Died November 27, 1963 – Vancouver (Jean died December 30, 1952 – Vancouver) Survived by niece Mrs. Margaret Ruttiaz (Clearwater) Stuart Gray Ross also served in WWII.
SAMSON, DAVID WILLIAM Private, #1 Field Ambulance Depot Number: 524774 No further Military Information located Letter Carrier, Vancouver Married Alice Pearl M. Cummings, May 26, 1922 Died December 2, 1953 – Vancouver (Alice died July 3, 1932).
SCALES, GEORGE WILFRED Private, 121st Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 760459 Volunteered December 29, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 893 Seymour Street, Vancouver Born July 9, 1893 Nanaimo Married Maude Louella Miller, June 1, 1918 Died July 15, 1976 Survived by wife Maude, son Robert, grandsons Robert and Frederick, granddaughter Sheri Lynn and great grandson Robert.
SCIARINI, HERBERT Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2024209 Conscripted June 11, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 631 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver
Born March 21, 1892 Vancouver Died October 10, 1968 – Vancouver At the time Herbert was conscripted he was living in the same home as his cousin, Postal Clerk, Erminie Gasperdone, who was also conscripted. SELWOOD, ARCHIBALD Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129186 Volunteered, September 7, 1915 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1798 West Broadway, Vancouver Born January 16, 1881 Chester, England Married Helen McDonald, January 7, 1920 Died November 15, 1973 – Vancouver (Helen died January 4, 1958 – Vancouver) Survived by son-in-law Eric Charles, grandsons Ronald D. Charles and Richard Charles of Toronto, Gordon W. Charles of Vancouver, and 3 grandchildren.
Archibald Selwood is also recognized as the Founder of the Rose Society in Vancouver. Younger brother, Arthur Francis Selwood, a barber, was conscripted on November 17, 1917 into the 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment (#2021296) .
SHAW, ALLEN McPHERSON Sergeant, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 628904 Volunteered March 10, 1915 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 214 Mowat Street, New Westminster Born December 27, 1894 New Westminster Died November 21, 1975 – Burnaby Survived by son Leonard, daughters Audrey Barrett and Winifred Scragg (New West), 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
SIMPSON, WILLIAM HERBERT Private, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 791139 Volunteered May 31, 1916 (New Westminster) Despatcher, New Westminster 816 4th Street, New Westminster Born March 23, 1878 Froyle, Alton, Hantsfordshire, England Married to Lydia Simpson Died May 6, 1945 – New Westminster (Lydia died December 23, 1962 – New Westminster) Survived by sons David and Gordon, 4 grandchildren, and brother Hugh of Vancouver.
STEVENS, J.W. The Vancouver City Directory for 1917 shows J.W. Stevens, Railway Mail Clerk as being on Active Service. No military information was located.
STORM, THURME Private, 131st Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 790668 Volunteered February 21, 1915 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, New Westminster 512 Ash Street, New Westminster Born January 1, 1894 North Vancouver Married Illa McPherson, October 5, 1921, New Westminster Died February 16, 1975 STRANG, GEORGE Private, 68 O/S Field Battery Number: 331682 Volunteered February 21, 1916 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 49 East 15th Avenue, Vancouver Born August 16, 1890 Larkhall, Scotland Died May 22, 1953 – Vancouver Survived by sons George and Gordon of Penticton and daughter Katherine of Vancouver Brother Archibald Strang, 1256 West Georgia, a baker and motor mechanic, was conscripted in 1918 to the 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment.
SWARBRICK, JOSEPH Private, Canadian Engineers, Transportation Battalion Number: 1048551 Volunteered August 22, 1916 Originally joined the 242nd Battalion – transferred to Engineers, March 23, 1917 Letter Carrier, New Westminster 123 Oakland Street, New Westminster Born January 1, 1885 Preston, Lancashire, England Married to Annie Swarbrick Died December 16, 1966 – Vancouver (Annie died November 6, 1963) Survived by son William of California, daughters Mrs. Dorothea Ballantyne (New Westminster), Shirley Whiteside (Burnaby), Anne Turner (California) and G. Holliday (Ontario) and 13 Grandchildren.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM Private, 47th Battalion, New Westminster Regiment Number: 629600 Volunteered November 2, 1915 (New Westminster) Letter Carrier, New Westminster 1428 10th Avenue, New Westminster Born May 13, 1882 Preston, Lancashire, England Married Lelia McKeen, March 17, 1906, New Westminster Died December 31, 1946 – New Westminster.
THOMPSON, FREDERICK Private, 102nd Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 703641 Volunteered January 6, 1916 (Courtenay) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 230 Keefer Street, Vancouver Born September 18, 1888 Clare, Armagh, Ireland Married to Elizabeth Thompson Died July 1, 1931 – Vancouver.
TURNER, ANDREW BLACK Sergeant, 47th Battalion, Westminster Regiment Number: 28895 Volunteered September 23, 1914 (New Westminster) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 2265 Fir Street, Vancouver Born November 3, 1884 Glasgow, Scotland Died April 4, 1971 – Nanaimo The 1911 Census shows a younger brother, Gilbert Johnson Turner living at the same residence. Gilbert Johnson Turner (#524719) volunteered for the 18th Field Ambulance on May 13, 1916 in Victoria BC. His occupation is shown as grocer.
WALKER, ALEXANDER WALLACE PEDEN Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2021802 Conscripted February 21, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1973 West Broadway, Vancouver Born June 18, 1885 Glasgow, Scotland Died September 16, 1925 (Essondale).
WAUGH, SAMUEL Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023488 Conscripted May 15, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1021 Richards Street, Vancouver Born September 23, 1883 Newtownards, County Down, Ireland Died September 7, 1923 – Vancouver.
WOODWARD, WILLIAM GREENWOOD Private, 242nd Battalion, Forestry Corps Number: 1048555 Volunteered August 16, 1916 Letter Carrier, New Westminster Royal Oak P.O. Burnaby Born November 23, 1882 Riddish, Lancashire, England Married Beatrice Proctor, August 4, 1910, New Westminster Died August 31, 1959 – Vancouver (Beatrice died March 29, 1946) WOOLDRIDGE, FRANK LESLIE Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023125 Conscripted May 7, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver Angelus Hotel, 1001 Seymour Street, Vancouver Born May 3, 1886 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England No further information located.
WRIGHT, FRANCIS WENMAN Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129464 Volunteered September 17, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 661 Hornby Street, Vancouver Born September 13, 1883 San Francisco, CA Arrived in France on August 13, 1916 Died April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge No known grave Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
YELLAND, GEORGE Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129311 Volunteered September 13, 1915 Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1932 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver Born June 29,1881 Montreal, QC Married to Jessie E. Yelland Died January 5, 1950 – Vancouver (Jessie died November 18, 1955 – Vancouver Survived by George Arthur Yelland of New Westminster and daughter Mrs. R.B. Graham.
KELOWNA POST OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
PRICE, HORACE HYLAND Private, 231st Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 1015995 Volunteered January 10, 1917 (Kelowna) Postal Clerk, Kelowna General Delivery, Kelowna Born December 11, 1880 Frankey, Cheshire, England Died May 13, 1959 – Nanaimo Married Sarah Ann Howarth, September 3, 1903 – Aspen Grove (Sarah died August 22, 1912 – Merritt) Married Margaret Cecilia Heath, November 29, 1919 – Vancouver (Margaret Cecilia died October 1, 1986 – Nanaimo).
CLINTON POST OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
CULLEN, THOMAS GILBERT Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023049 Conscripted May 6, 1918 (Vancouver) Mail Carrier (and Drayman), Clinton General Delivery, Clinton Born June 11, 1892 Clinton, BC Died September 18, 1959 – Haney.
WINNIPEG EMPLOYEES SERVING IN BC BATTALIONS/REGIMENTS
HAYES, WILLIAM JAMES Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance, Medical Corps Number: 33351 Volunteered September 25, 1914 (Valcartier) Letter Carrier, Winnipeg Highland Park, Kildonan West, Winnipeg Born October 20, 1876 London, England.
MCKENZIE, JOHN LAWRENCE Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance, Medical Corps Number: 33398 Volunteered September 25, 1914 Railway Mail Clerk, Winnipeg General Delivery, Winnipeg Born September 3, 1885 Winnipeg, MB.
