Private Hugh Charles Sproule
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Sproule,
Hugh Charles
Date of birth: 1895-01-03
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Noble Sproule, father. 14 Sulivan Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Compositor (Typesetter)
Occupation (normalized): Hand Compositor
Address:
14 Sulivan Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1915-04-23
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, VIII. A. 19.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 10169
Highest Rank:
Private
(3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1915-04-23
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: St. Julien
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 490711
LAC ID:
245001
Service file: B9208-S056
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Noble Sproule Sr. and May Sproule; twin brother of Noble Sproule Jr. (Service No. 9490) and older brother of Joseph Goulding Sproule (Service No. 157114)
Prior service with the QOR, 3rd Company
In April 1915 the 3rd Battalion was involved in heavy fighting on the Ypres Salient near St. Julien. In the Battalion Diary, Private Sproule is listed as missing in action sometime during the period of April 22-30.
Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Base Detail ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-11-18