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Private Dennis Leo Naylor

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-02-12
Place of birth: Worksop Nottinghamshire England
Next of kin: Eliza Naylor, mother. 9 Overend Road, Worksop, Nottingham, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bricklayer
Occupation (normalized): Bricklayer (Construction)
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Bois-Carre British Cemetery, III. A. 14.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 406777
Highest Rank: Private (1st Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1915-04-19 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by enemy shell fire during an assault made by his Battalion on Swischen Etellung Trench, at Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 618294
LAC ID: 557018
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7242-S005
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Dennis Naylor and Eliza Naylor of 9 Overend Road, Worksop, Notts., England

Previously served for 3 weeks with the 77th Reg. Ont.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 36th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion B Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-11