William Charles Wesley Image

Name

William Charles Wesley

Born

1885-04-13

Birth Place

Occupation

Printer

Religion

Church of England

Died

1929-06-19

Death Place

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

42412

Highest Rank

Gunner

Conflict

Battalion

3rd Brigade, C.F.A.

Company

8th Battery, 12th Battery

Enlisted

Valcartier, QC

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1914-09-25

Prev Exp

3 yrs in the 32nd C.F.A.; 1 yr. in the 1st H.

Discharge Date

1916-10-02

Discharge Cause

Medically Unfit



Notes

Son of William & Jane Wesley. His birth registration is 1885-04-13. Location at Walkerton Cemetery: Plot # 975 Row 1 Section E




Sources & Links

- (a) Bruce Remembers Feedback - Walkerton Legion list - March 2021; (b) William Charles Wesley, Ontario birth registration 002496 (1885), Walkerton; ancestry.ca. accessed January 23, 2023
- (c) “Walkerton Public Cemetery (257) Branch Veteran’s Photo Gallery & Veterans of WWI & WWII that moved into the Community” BCM&CC, A2022.003.001
- (c) Also see an Obituary in The Walkerton Herald-Times, June 20, 1929. (d) Also see Articles in the Walkerton Telescope, "Welcome Home", September 28, 1916; Walkerton Telescope, June 20, 1929
- Library & Archives Canada



News Clippings


Paisley Advocate, May 27, 1915
Paisley Advocate, May 27, 1915
Walkerton Telescope, October 1, 1914
Walkerton Telescope, October 1, 1914
Walkerton Telescope, October 19, 1914
Walkerton Telescope, October 19, 1914
Walkerton Telescope, June 3, 1915
Walkerton Telescope, June 3, 1915