Harold Wade Image

Name

Harold Wade

Born

1880-01-10

Birth Place

Occupation

Builder

Religion

Presbyterian

Died

1916-09-20

Death Place

France

Death

Killed in Action

Monument

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Conflict

Battalion

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles


Service Record 2


Regimental Number

11536

Highest Rank

Sergeant Major

Conflict

Battalion

Enlisted

Valcartier, QC

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1914-09-23

Prev Exp

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

Visit the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre's Online Collections, through the link below, for more information related to this soldier.


Online Collections Link




Notes

Fought in South Africa Boer War. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Wade. Location at Walkerton Cemetery: Plot # 914 Row 3 Section E




Sources & Links

- (a) History of the County of Bruce Vol. 2; (b) Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 102, Walkerton, Veteran’s Commemoration photo album (AX2015.013.003).
- (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 Telescope, October 12, 1916 and an Article in The Bruce Herald, July 32, 1902
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave



News Clippings


Walkerton Telescope Feb. 3, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Feb. 3, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Oct. 12, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Oct. 12, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Mar. 16, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Mar. 16, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Feb. 24, 1916
Walkerton Telescope Feb. 24, 1916