Private Frederick Walter Firth
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Firth,
Frederick Walter
Date of birth: 1894-10-08
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Gertrude E. Firth (mother,) 593 Pape Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Brasspolisher
Address:
Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 550135
Highest Rank:
Private
(10th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 10th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-02-29 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Shortly after leaving the “jumping off” position, during an attack on Vimy Ridge, on the morning of April 9th 1917, he was hit in the chest by enemy machine gun bullets and instantly killed.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1567928
LAC ID:
386568
Service file: B3099-S025
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Walter and the late G. E. Firth, of 591, Pape Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Previous service - G.G.B.G. - 13 months
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 Depot Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons Private Army Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-16