Private Henry Edmund Press
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Press,
Henry Edmund
Date of birth: 1892-10-16
Place of birth: Dover Kent England
Next of kin: Henry John William Press, father. 109 12th Avenue N.W., Calgary, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Customs House Clerk
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, III. B. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 446596
Highest Rank:
Private
(7th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 305266
LAC ID:
588765
Service file: B7964-S010
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Henry John William Press and Rosetta Press of 1914 1st Street, N.E., Calgary, Alberta
"Died of Wounds" at No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance
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 7th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-26