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Canadian Infantry

72nd CANADIAN INFANTRY

(Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)

12th Canadian Brigade / 4th Canadian Division

 

8th October : Warloy-Baillon.

12th-25th October : Tara Hill. Working  parties in forward area and communication trenches.

26th October : In support positions in Sugar Trench.

30th October : In front line North-East of Courcelette.

1st November : Tara Hill.

5th November : Bouzincourt.

16th November : Tara Hill.

17th November : Fabeck Trench / Sugar Trench.

18th November : In front line in Desire Trench.

23rd November : Albert.

24th November : In front line between West and East Miraumont Road.

28th November : Varennes.

 

58 names

129931    Private

Rupert Carr

ANDREW

Killed in action on the 12th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130289    Private

Philip Keith

BEALL

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Ormond Thomas

BLAIR

Killed in action on the 12th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

472972    Private

Arthur

BOOKER

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

472404    Private

Cyril Anthony

BOWBRIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129077    Private

William

BOYD

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

145645    Private

Felix

CLEMOW

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129437    Private

Gerald

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Eyre Frederick Morton

DANN

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

129443    Private

Thomas

DAVIS

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129491    Sergeant

Donald Caswell

DAWSON

Died of wounds on the 28th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

129904    Private

John Montague

DENTON

Died of wounds on the 1st November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

129939    Private

Richard

DREW

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129680    Private

David

DRYBURGH

Died of wounds on the 1st November 1916

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

129085    Lance Corporal

Edgar Allan

FINLAYSON

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

145380    Private

Harry

FISHER

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Archibald Brydone

FRASER

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

466054    Private

Frederick

GREEDY

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

129861    Private

Thomas

GREGORY

Died of wounds on the 29th November 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

130139   Private

Mark William

HAMBROOK

Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

18846   Private

Benjamin

HAMPTON

Killed in action on the 19th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130230    Private

Stephen

HOLLIDAY

Killed in action  on the 20th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129530    Private

Thomas

IRELAND

Killed in action  on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129706    Private

John

JAMIESON

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129637   Private

Sidney David

JEFFORD

Died of wounds on the 9th December 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Torquay Cemetery and Extension

 

129705    Private

Alfred

JOHNASSEN

Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129707    Private

Clarence Osgood

JONES

Killed in action on the 24th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129150    Private

David John

JONES

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

474271    Private

Henry

JONES

Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

 

472712    Private

James

KEITH

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129709    Private

Harold Blanchford

KELLY

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130159    Private

Robert

KETTLES

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

472024    Corporal

Walter

LATHAM

Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129424    Private

Cyril

LE MESSURIER

Died of wounds on the 21st November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

130284    Private

Thomas Bertram

LOWE

Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130017    Lance Corporal

Alexander

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129547    Private

Frank

McGOWAN

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age  18

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129728    Private

Frederick Joseph

McNEIL

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130204    Private

Allan

McPHAIL

Killed in action on the 12th November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

472715    Private

Peter Alexander

McPHAIL

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130015    Private

Soloman John

McTOMNEY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

129231    Private

John

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 15th October 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

130065    Sergeant

David Chalmers

ORR

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

145361    Private

Arthur Benjamin

PEARCE

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

129641    Private

James

PENDER

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

129056    Lance Corporal

Edward Sidney Lytton

PLANTA

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

130269    Private

Colin Donald Chisholm

RALSTON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129962    Private

Walter Hugh

RECKITT

Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

472740    Private

James

REID

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery

 

129355    Private

Robert Jackson

REID

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

145835    Private

Arthur

RENAUD

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

129893    Private

Malcolm

SMITH

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

130173    Private

William

SMITH

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129925    Private

Stanley Morris

SNELLING

Died of wounds on the 24th November 1916 - Age 42

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

219148    Private

Julius

SOUCY

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

129460    Private

Harold Clarence

WEST

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

160379    Private

John

WHITEFIELD

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Vimy Memorial

 

 

 

145344    Private

John Albert

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

 

 

Vimy Memorial

31

Adanac Military Cemetery

8

Contay British Cemetery

6

St Sever Cemetery Extension

3

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

3

Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Courcelette British Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Torquay Cemetery and Extension

1

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

129979    Private

William James

CARSWELL

12th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery