Lance Corporal William Dalgleish Ford
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ford,
William Dalgleish
Date of birth: 1890-04-22
Place of birth: Portneuf-Station Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Joseph Ford, father. Portneuf-Station, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Agriculture Instructor
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown, General Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-06-02
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: McG/166
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army). 1915-08-23 to 1916-06-02
- Private (Army). 1915-07-18 to 1915-08-23
- Private (Army). 1915-06-07 to 1915-07-18
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Sanctuary Wood
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1592215
LAC ID:
389517
Service file: B3195-S008
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Joseph Ford and Mary Jessica Ford (nee Dalgleish); older brother of Eric Allan Ford (Service No. 110167) and Thomas Brian Bailey Ford (Service No. 3280350)
William's younger brother #110167 Cpl Eric Allan, Ford also served with the PPCLI. Both brothers were killed on the same day, fighting in the trenches of Sanctuary Wood.
"...On the afternoon of June 2nd, 1916 he was in the forward trenches in Sanctuary Wood, with his brother, when he was killed in the German trench mortar bombardment at the Loop...." Source - Norm Christie's "For King & Empire" - The Canadians at Mount Sorrel. page 56.
previous service-Canadian Militia ( 6 weeks, Home Guard)
Uploader's Research notes: McGill University Company, 2nd Reinforcement Draft Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 11th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd University Company Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-09-13
Last modified: 2021-02-10