Private Walter Edward Colledge
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Colledge,
Walter Edward
Date of birth: 1890-03-27
Place of birth: Rugby Warwickshire England
Next of kin: Mrs. W. E. Colledge; wife; 1718 - 6th Ave. N., Lethbridge, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Shipper
Address:
1718 - 6th Ave. N., Lethbridge, Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), IV. D. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 736556
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Trooper (Army).
- Private (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Was slightly wounded in an attack at Vimy Ridge but continued on, and while going out to dress the wounds of a comrade, he was it by a piece of shell and instantly killed.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 297083
LAC ID:
109634
Service file: B1865-S023
Uploader's Notes: Previous military experience: 6 months with 13th C.M.R. - he had purchased his discharge.
Uploader's Research notes: 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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 113th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Battalion Trooper Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 13th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-12-28