Private William Nightingale
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Nightingale,
William
Date of birth: 1879-07-24
Place of birth: Innersfield Ontario Canada
Name of next of kin: Annie Nightingale
Relationship of next of kin: Mother
Address of next of kin: 2 Cobourg Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teamster
Occupation (normalized): Animal-Drawn Vehicle Driver (Road)
Address:
2 Cobourg Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Height: 68 inches
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-09-28
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, I. A. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 769904
Highest Rank:
Private
(124th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry 1918-04-14 to 1918-09-28
- Private 1918-02-15 to 1918-04-14
- Private 1917-09-17 to 1918-02-15
- Private 1917-06-16 to 1917-09-17
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-05 to 1917-06-16
- Private, 124th Battalion, Infantry 1916-01-07 to 1916-12-05
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed:
Wounded June 10, 1917, KIA at Tilloy
Commemoration location: Innisfil Honour Roll Innisfil Ontario
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 551394
LAC ID:
562192
Service file: B7334-S027
Uploader's Notes: Son of Annie Nightingale, of 14, Maple Grove Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and the late Stephen Nightingale. Original overseas unit 124th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field Janaury 1, 1917. Wounded JUne 10, 1917.
Uploader's Research notes:
Son of Stephen Greenwood Nightingale and Annie Nightingale (nee Bowman); older brother of George Nightingale (Service No. 405368)
124th Battalion Nominal Roll
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-09-27