Remembering World War II

Primrose Hilton Hamilton

Name: Primrose Hilton Hamilton Rank: Lance Corporal Service No.: F/56969 Service: Royal Canadian Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: June 14, 1920 Place of Birth: Three Mile Plains, Hants Co. NS Date of Enlistment: June 8, 1943 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Age at Enlistment: 22 Address at Enlistment: 182 Creighton St, Halifax, NS Height: 5 feet, 7 inches Marital Status: Single Next of Kin: Ellen Evans (Mother) Halifax, NS Religion: United Church of Canada Trade: Railway Porter (CNR) Date of Death: October 17, 1944 Age: 24 Cemetery: Cesena War Cemetery, Italy Grave: III, F, 5. Commemorated on Page 326 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 15 Primrose Hilton Hamilton was the son of Prescott Hilton Hamilton (1897-1926) and Ellen Louisa (Davidson) Hamilton Evans, He was the brother of Morlow F Hamilton (d. November 28, 1922) and a half brother of Evelyn Isabelle Evans. After his father’s death in 1926, Primrose’s mother remarried Frank Edward Evans on December 31, 1931. Primrose spent a year and a half cleaning shoes in a shoemaker’s shop, a year as a delivery boy and cleaner at a local drug store, and a year and a half as a railway porter prior to enlistment. Lance Corporal Hamilton completed his Basic Training at Camp 60 In Yarmouth, NS, from June 9, 1943, to July 28, 1943, his Advance Training at #A14 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Aldershot, NS from July 29 to October 16, 1943, and Battle Drill Training with the 1st Training Brigade Group at Debert, NS from October 17 to December 15, 1943. He went overseas disembarking in the United Kingdom on December 21, 1943. He embarked the United Kingdom on February 17, 1944, and disembarked in Italy on March 3, 1944. He was promoted to Lance Corporal September 1, 1944. Lance Corporal Hamilton died of wounds received in action in Italy on October 17, 1944.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial