Private William Braithwaite King
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
King,
William Braithwaite
Date of birth: 1878-12-08
Place of birth: Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs S B King, mother Aboyne, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Travelling Salesman
Occupation (normalized): Demonstrator
Address:
312 Lockerbie ( could be Bldg or Blvd? ) Edmonton
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-15
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, IV. D. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 811559
Highest Rank:
Private
(49th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 49th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Aboyne War Memorial ( Victory Hall)Aberdeen City Roll of Honour & Aberdeen Grammar School RoH
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 168025
LAC ID:
499703
Service file: B5179-S007
Uploader's Notes: Son of William Cullen King and Sarah Braithwaite King, of 210, Union St., Aberdeen, Scotland. Native of Aberdeen. Family also lived at Dalry Cottage, Aboyne. Went to Canada in 1901, farming and then in the fruit trade in Edmonton. City Roll of Honour: 393 Gt Western Rd. 1881 Census 168/2 42/16.1891 168/2 23/45 1918-19 Voters Roll : Dalry Cottage. MI Allenvale Cemetery near Riverside. 1891 168/2 23/45 1918-19 Voters Roll : Dalry Cottage.
Uploader's Research notes: William advised on his Attesting into the 138th Battalion Canadian Infantry C.E.F that had been three years a member of Aberdeenshire R.E. (Royal Engineers) Volunteers [Private Army Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20