Private Harold James Long
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Long,
Harold James
Date of birth: 1897-05-24
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Emily Long (mother,) 75 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Address:
75 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 3.B.11
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 669254
Highest Rank:
Private
(75th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private (Army). 1916-01-24 ?
- Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack west of Vimy
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 2954772
LAC ID:
535841
Service file: B5726-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Jacob and Emily (Valliere) Long
Digitized images of two newspaper clippings are included on his memorial page on the CVWM. These mention the following:
Brother of Clarence A Long 27920 Chum of Will Upshaw, reported missing. Have been unable to identify this soldier.Prior to his enlistment he had been a member of the Queen's Own Regiment militia for 14 months.
Uploader's Research notes:
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 166th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]
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
According to his Ontario Birth Registration he was born May 24, 1898, not 1897, so he was under 18 at that time.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 166th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2014-02-28
Last modified: 2014-02-28