Private Harry Frank Luff
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Luff,
Harry Frank
Date of birth: 1896-02-17
Place of birth: Midhurst England
Next of kin: Mrs. Luff 158 Murray Street Chatham, Ontario Mother
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Chatham, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-11-11
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 26 - 28
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 189560
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: “Killed in Action.” He was struck in the back by shrapnel from an enemy shell, and killed, during operations near Passchendaele.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1593942
LAC ID:
538315
Service file: B5785-S017
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Frank and Alice Luff, of 182, Murray St., Chatham, Ontario.
Brother to Luff, George Walter: Service no. 189561 was his brother he survived the war dying in 1972.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion D Company ee ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-09-26