Lieutenant Howard Grestock
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1879-01-29
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Mrs. C. Grestock, Mother, 33 Radmore Road, Harrow, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Miner
Address:
Yukon
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-02-05
Cause of death:
Died as a prisoner of war
Buried:
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, XV. L. 34.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2499
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(73rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 73rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 585840
LAC ID:
433894
Service file: B3819-S039
Uploader's Notes:
Brother of Harold Grestock, of 16, Stratford Place, Oxford St., London.
Prior military - 1 year 13 days Strathcona's Horse // 4 months 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles; South Africa
Howard Grestock, a veteran of the Boer War, was the next to volunteer. Within days of the declaration, he was aboard the steamer Dawson, heading Outside to enlist. Grestock ultimately became one of the Yukon's war fatalities.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 73rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-28