Private Ransom Howard Hess
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hess,
Ransom Howard
Date of birth: 1897-08-27
Place of birth: Chesterville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Ransom Hess, father. Chesterville, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-08-13
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, V. AA. I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 639461
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 156th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded at Passchendaele
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 576135
LAC ID:
468999
Service file: B4301-S029
Uploader's Notes: Original overseas unit 156th Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field January 28, 1918.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 156th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-02-24