Second Lieutenant Henry Charles Quail

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Quail, Henry Charles

Date of birth: 1892-06-01

Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Mary Quail, Mother, 23 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Civil Engineer

Occupation (normalized): Civil Engineer, General

Address: 23 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Religion: Methodist

Date of death: 1918-02-18

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, VI. A. 31

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 490924

Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Rank detail

Second Lieutenant (British Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 277175

LAC ID: 587205

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B8040-S010

Uploader's Notes:

Son of John T. and Mary S. Quail, of Toronto, Ontario. Graduate of Toronto University, 1913. B.A.Sc degree.

HENRY CHARLES QUAIL June 1, 1892-Feb. 18, 1918
Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers.
Son of John T. Quail; b. Toronto; ed. Lansdowne and Dewson Street p.ss., Harbord Street c.i., Toronto; Applied Science 1909-13, B.A.SC. (Civ. Eng.); Faculty Swimming team; Assistant Engineer, Hydro-Electric Commission; 9th Horse, Lieut.
Resigning his Militia commission he enlisted in the University Overseas Training Company in January 1917, and went overseas in a draft of Imperial commission candidates in March. Being appointed to the Royal Engineers in June he went to France in August. He served with the 124th Field Company in the neighbourhood of Armentieres till his death in February 1918. He was instantly killed by a shell while he was in charge of a working party that was constructing shelters at Houplines. Buried at Cote Bon Jean Cemetery, Armentieres.

Uploader's Research notes: [Second Lieutenant Army Royal Engineers 124th Field Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2013-11-13

Last modified: 2013-11-13