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8th Btn Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Those known to have served with8th Btn Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War 1914-1918. - Crowe Robert. Pte.
- Dick Arthur. Pte.
- Flynn MM. Wilbur James. Cpl. (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Gibson John Thomas. Pte. (d.18th August 1918)
- Hall VC. Frederick William. CSM. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- Sigurdson Sigursteinn Holm. Pte. (d.10th Oct 1918)
- Welsh Charles. Pte. (d.6th Mar 1918)
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Cpl. Wilbur James Flynn MM. 8th Btn. (d.4th Nov 1918) Wilbur James Flynn died of pneumonia on the 4th of November 1918, aged 25 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Flynn, of Hanover, Ontario.
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Pte. Sigursteinn Holm "Stonie" Sigurdson 8th Battalion (d.10th Oct 1918) Stonie's real name was Sigursteinn Sigurdson and he was born in Gimli, Manitoba on 28th of February 1894. He was of Icelandic-Canadian descent. He was a carpenter when he enlisted soon after war broke out. He fought with the 8th Battalion at Langemarck, Ypres, and was taken prisoner in the defence of the lines near St. Julien on 22nd of April 1915. He was interned in the Giessen POW camp until 30th of October 1918 when he died of the Spanish flu. Out of four boys who enlisted in the army, three died in the war.
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Pte. John Thomas Gibson 8th Battalion (d.18th August 1918) John Gibson began his tour of duty on 3rd of January 1918. Ten months later he died after being wounded on the 2nd day of the Battle of Amiens. He was 21 years old.
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Pte. Robert Crowe 8th Btn. Bob Crowe enlisted on the 28th of March 1915 in Fort William in the 52nd Battalion CEF Sailed for England on RMS Scandinavian, on the 17th of June attached to 52 Bn. he proceeded to France.
He was transferred to 8th Bn and received a shrapnel wound to right hand at Ypres.
He was sent to Boulogne then to Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham.
After recovering he was taken on strength of the 8th Bn on the 21st of Nov 1916
Bob was awarded 1 good conduct stripe in the field on the 25th of June 17
and on the 12th of September 1917 he was attached to Can. Corps H.Q`for duty in the field, returning to his own battalion on the
25th of February 1918. On the 15th of November 1918 he was given 14 days leave. Bob was taken sick in February 1919 while on active service in Lesweffles, Belguim and was sick in lines for 3 days, his field medical card shows he was admitted to 50 CCS on 15th of March 19 where it was noted he had had trench fever in 1916 and is now dangerously ill. He was removed from dangerously ill list on the 19th of March and transferred to 32nd Can. General Hosp. in Kent, England on the 26th with a diagnosis chronic bronchitis an Bronchiectosis
He was discharged from hospital on the 6th of June 19 and on the 17th was
taken on strength at Withey from MRD. On the 16th of August he was taken on strength at the dispersal station and was discharged at No 10 sub depot Port Arthur Ontario on the 26th of August 1919.
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CSM. Frederick William Hall VC. 8th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1915) Frederick Hall served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Infantry 8th Battalion. He died on 25th April 1915, Aged 28, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.
He was the son of Mary Hall, of 43, Union Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late Bmdr. F. Hall.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29202, dated 23rd June, 1915, records the following:- "On 24th April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Ypres, when a wounded man who was lying some 15 yards from the trench called for help, Company Sgt.Major Hall endeavoured to reach him in the face of a very heavy enfilade fire which was being poured in by the enemy. The first attempt failed, and a non-commissioned officer and private soldier who were attempting to give assistance were both wounded. Company Segt.Major Hall then made a second most gallant attempt, and was in the act of lifting up the wounded man to bring him in when he fell mortally wounded in the head."
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Pte. Charles Welsh 8th Btn. (d.6th Mar 1918) Charles Welsh served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces 8th Battalion. He was executed for desertion 6th March1918 and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery and Extension, Mazingarbe, France.
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Pte. Arthur Dick 8th (Canadian Rifles) Btn. I am looking for any information on my Great Great Grandfather Arthur Dick, I currently have a photo of him in his military uniform with his wife and first child.
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