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George William Walsh
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George William Walsh
85801
Staff Sergeant
6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
November 1, 1894
Yarmouth, NS
February 11, 1915
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Yarmouth, NS
21
5 feet 10 inches
florid (flushed)
light brown
hazel
29th Battery Canadian Field Artillery, Yarmouth NS
Single
Machinist
Church of England
Georgie Anna Crichton Walsh (Mother) Yarmouth, NS
May 29, 1918
24
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2, France
I. C. 30.
Commemorated on Page 518 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 2
Listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorative Tablet Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Yarmouth
George William Walsh was the only son of John William Walsh (1847–1901) and Georgie Anna
Crichton (Utley) Walsh (1858-1944) of Yarmouth, NS. After the death of the father, George and
his mother lived with his grandmother (Sarah Ultey) in Rockville, Yarmouth Co., NS. George’s
father operated a business education and secretarial school in his home and after his death,
George’s mother, stenographer and teacher, continued the school for some twenty years.
Prior to enlistment, George worked in the Sanders Machine Shop. In February 1915, he
went to Fredericton, New Brunswick and enlisted with the 23rd Field Battery and went overseas
with that unit. With his skill as a machinist he served as an artificer. In England he was
transferred to the 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and again served as an artificer.
He died of gunshot wounds on May 29, 1918 at the Field Stationary Hospital at Boulogne.