Private George Colton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1882-05-16
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Annie Hutton Colton (wife,) 15 Rainsford Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Billiard Marker
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address:
15 Rainsford Road, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), I. A. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 796180
Highest Rank:
Private
(14th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 198th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-04-01 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 297084
LAC ID:
111184
Service file: B1892-S017
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 198th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-01