Lieutenant William George Ross
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ross,
William George
Date of birth: 1890-06-04
Place of birth: Leith Scotland
Next of kin: William Ross (father,) Hong Kong, China
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Accountant
Occupation (normalized): Accountant, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Arras Road Cemetery, I. B. 3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(7th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by machine gun fire whilst leading his Platoon in the assault on VIMY RIDGE on the morning of April 9th, 1917.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 279504
LAC ID:
612350
Service file: B8488-S039
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William and Elizabeth Ross, of 15, Majestic Apartments, 700, Broughton St., Vancouver, British Columbia. Born at Leith, Scotland.
Previous military experience with the 6th Regiment D.C.O.R.
Uploader's Research notes:
62nd Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-06