Private William Hilliard Creser
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Creser,
William Hilliard
Date of birth: 1875-04-12
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Mable Creser, wife. 439 Clinton Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Bricklayer
Occupation (normalized): Bricklayer (Construction)
Address:
439 Clinton Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-06-02
Cause of death:
Accident
Buried:
Prospect Cemetery, Sec. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 678165
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army). 1916-02-07 to 1916-06-02
Degree of service: Canada
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Died in a lightning storm while at Niagara Camp
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 426017
LAC ID:
125216
Service file: B2129-S046
Uploader's Notes:
Husband of Mabel Creser (nee Hilliard, later Wright) of 439 Clinton Street, Toronto, Ontario. The Cresers had three small children, the oldest of which was 8 years of age at the time Creser died. Mabel remarried to Thomas Henry Wright on Septmber 18, 1918
Private Creser was killed in a freak lightning storm that struck the Brigade on June 2, 1916 at Queenston, Ontario, while the Brigade was on a route march from Niagara Camp. 45 other soldiers were severely injured in that storm. One man attended by medical staff had images of tree branches burned into his skin (Battle Royal: Goodspeed, Charters Publishing, Toronto, 1962, pg. 299) Also see Toronto Daily Star, Saturday June 4, 1916, pg. 4
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 169th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-01-13