Private Gilbert Lovely
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1898-05-04
Place of birth: Tobique Narrows New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Marion Lovely, mother. Tobique Narrows, Victoria County, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Tobique Narrows, Victoria County, New Brunswick
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 817961
Highest Rank:
Private
(26th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-03-15 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1570686
LAC ID:
540365
Service file: B5760-S029
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William H. Lovely and Marion Lovely.
Shortly after leaving the "jumping off" trench during the attack on Vimy Ridge he was hit and killed by an enemy rifle bullet
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 140th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-05-24