Barton NS - WWI Casualties

World War I - Casualties Barton Digby County, Nova Scotia

Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

Listed on the Barton War Memorial (1914 - 1918)

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Second Lieutenant 823 Lancashire Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion March 27, 1894 Unknown Unknown Unknown Banking clerk James Mather De Wolf Almon, father July 31, 1917 23 Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium I. H. 20. Harold was the son of Son of James Mather De Wolf and Effie Annie (Tozer) Almon of Willowvale, Transkei, Cape Province, South Africa. His father was born in Bridgetown, NS; his mother, in Staines, Middlesex, England (now Stained-upon-Thames, Sussex). Harold is listed on the Memorial, St. Mary's, Collegiate Church, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918). Harold also served with the South African Irish Regiment prior to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was killed in action at Ypres. "Almon was returning from a reconnaissance fraught with real danger and after considerable delay, which caused his platoon much anxiety, for he was a popular officer, he had almost reached the trench unscathed when a shell burst near him with fatal results. Prior to enlisting, Harold had been a clerk in the National Bank in Port Elizabeth. Decidedly clever, contrary to many other young clerks he was studious and keen in pursuit of knowledge to such an extent that he was known to spend his two weeks annual leave in the splendid Main Library in Main St." (from the South African War Graves Project).

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Private 415513 Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 5th Company January 4, 1893 Marshalltown April 5, 1915 Digby, NS Labourer William H. Apt (Father) Marshalltown April 29, 1917 24 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France III. G. 26. (Aptt on the Barton War Memorial)

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Sapper 684006 Canadian Railway Troops, 4th Division February 13, 1893 Digby, NS December 21, 1915 Labourer Son of Harris William and Cornelia Cosman of Brighton, NS June 9, 1917 Died of Illness 24 Glasgow Western Necropolis, Glasgow, UK III. G. 26. (Kenneth A. on the War Memorial)

Almon, Harold Pryor

Apt, William Russell

Cosman, Kenneth Ensley

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Haight, Edward Wyatt

Private 470433 25th Battalion September 2, 1891 North Range, Digby Co., NS September 20, 1915 Sussex NB Farmer Son of Wiswell Haight, North Range, Digby Co., NS September 16, 1916 25 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Johnson, Charlie

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Private 733541 25th Battalion March 3, 1892 Acaciaville, Digby Co., NS December 29, 1915 Digby, NS Labourer Son of Viola Johnson, Acaciaville, NS August 9, 1918 25 Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

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Private 733931 25th Battalion April 8, 1893 Plympton January 24, 1916 Digby NS Farmer Son of Kingsly Melanson, Plympton, NS August 11, 1917 24 Maroc British Cemetery, Nord, France II. J. 15.

Melanson, Harley

Morgan, Arnold Hastings

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Private 734047 Royal Canadian Regiment September 12, 1895 Marshalltown, Digby Co., NS February 8, 1916 Digby, NS Drug Clerk Son of Isaiah T. and Alma M.Morgan, of Marshalltown, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. August 27, 1918 22 Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France IV. F. I.

O'Neill, Clarence William

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Private 733753 25th Battalion April 15, 1897 Digby Neck January 12, 1916 Digby, NS Farmer Son of Catherine A. O'Neill, Marshalltown, Digby Co., NS April 9, 1917 Thelus Military Cemtery, Pas-de-Calais II. C. 14.

Sabean, Benjamin Murray

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Private 282614 85th Battalion May 11, 1897 North Range, Digby Co., NS March 17, 1916 Weymouth Lumberman Son of Benjamin and Eliza S. Sabean, of North Range, Digby, Nova Scotia September 29, 1917 20 Birmingham Lodge Hill Cemetery, Warwickshire, UK

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Private 470440 24th Battalion (Quebec Regiment) April 12, 1891 South Range, Digby Co., NS September 20, 1915 Sussex, New Brunswick Framer Charles H. Shortliffe (Father) Barton, Digby Co., NS September 17, 1916 25 Vimy Memorial Missing in the attack at Courcelette (Listed in official records as Shortliff)

Shortliffe, Lloyd Clifton

Sibley, Ralph E.

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Private 733775 Canadian Labour Corps September 5, 1897 Marshalltown, Digby Co., NS December 1, 1916 Digby, NS Farmer Son of David Sibly, Marshalltown, NS November 8, 1918 21 Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France II. C. 14.

Specht, Roger Lent

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Sapper 282867 Canadian Railway Troops, 5th Battalion August 1, 1897 Barton, Digby Co., NS February 6, 1916 Digby, NS Carpenter Son of Balfour P. and Bertha G. Specht, of Barton, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. February 3, 1919 19 Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire, UK III. D. 22.

Urquhart, James Walter

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Private 463194 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment August 10, 1879 Digby NS July 21, 1915 Vernon, British Columbia Plumber Son of John D. Urquhart, Waltham, Mass. US October 13, 1916 37 Regina Trench Cemetery, Somme, France IV. A. 23