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10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Pte. Charles Cornelius Quick 21st (Reserve) Btn. A Coy Charles Cornelius Quick was born in La Salle, Illinois 8th of December 1893. His father Ernest Alexander Quick and mother Theressia Jeffery Quick were originally from Kingsville, Ontario. Charles' siblings were Ernest Jr., Effie, Betta, Thomas and Maurice.
He was enlisted in Calgary, Alberta on the 22nd of February 1918 with the First Depot Battalion 13th MD Alberta Regiment. He embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9th of April 1918 on the HMS Metagama and arrived in Liverpool on 20th of April 1918 (upon there joined the Canadian 21st Reserve Btn., A Coy). In his records it indicates that he was hospitalized at the 12th Canadian Bramshott Hospital as he acquired the Mumps.
Charles was later transferred to the 10th Battalion on 3rd of October 1918, and arrived in France 4th of October 1918. He acquired influenza on on 2nd of December 1918. (His brother Maurice Quick in Monarch, Alberta died on 25th of November 1918 of influenza, his obituary stated that he had a brother Charley who was in France). He was with the 10th Battalion when he left for Canada on the Empress of Britain on 26th of April 1919.
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Frederick Atkinson 10th Battalion (d.15th Aug 1915) Fred Atkinson was born at Appleby, Westmoreland in July 1893, and had previously served in the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment (T.F.) prior to enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in December 1914. Initially posted to the 32nd Infantry Battalion, he transferred to the 10th Battalion, another overseas unit of the Canadian Infantry, before arriving at the Front in April 1915.
According to official records, he was ˜instantly killed by a bullet from the rifle of an enemy sniper at Ploegsteert on 15th of August 1915.
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Pte. John William Fielding 10th Btn. (Alberta) (d.15th Aug 1917) John Fielding served with the 10th (Alberta) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WW1 and was killed in action on the 15th August 1917. He is buried in Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, near Lens, France.
John was born on the 30th October 1888 in Salford, Lancashire and emigrated to Canada on the 28th October 1910. He married Ruth Wild in Edmonton on the 14th October 1911.
He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the 6th July 1915. He was
killed by a sniper whilst on guard duty in trench near Loos-en-Gohelle, France 15th August 1917.
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