Buildings & Structures Archives | Page 4 of 9 | Topography of Grief – Mapping the Great War Dead in London, Ontario (1914

Sergeant Joseph Francis Martin

CEF no. 401107 Martin was born on 2 March 1893 in St. Thomas, ON, and worked as a salesman before the war. He served with the 1st Hussars […]

Major William Norman Ashplant

Maj. Ashplant was born in Haverhill, Great Britain, 23 July 1877. He served during the Boer War as a Military Engineer. While residing in London, ON, he worked […]

Sapper William Curtis Balch

CEF no. 5047 Sapper Balch was born in Caterham, Great Britain, 15 May 1892. He immigrated to Canada with his parents Sarah and James Balch. Prior to the […]

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Campbell Becher

Becher was born in London, ON, on 20 January 1874 to a prominent family in the city. His father, Henry had served as the mayor of the city […]

Private Ernest Henry Cook

CEF no. 823239 Cook was born in Wimbledon, Great Britain, on 9 September 1893. He immigrated to London, ON, with his parents George and Mary Cook and resided […]

Sergeant Ronald Maxwell Gray

CEF no. 123652/124654 Gray was born in London, ON, 23 October 1893. He attended St. George’s Public School, then he established himself as a local merchant, athlete, and […]

Captain James Roy Gray, MC

CEF no. 531140 Captain Gray was born in Toronto, ON, 19 May 1887. He moved to London, ON, as a child and attended St. George’s Public School. On […]

Lieutenant Leonard Charles Jarvis

Jarvis was born in London, ON, on 24 February 1892. He lived with his parents Chauncey and Marian Jarvis at 611 Talbot St. Prior to the outbreak of […]

Lieutenant George Beattie Patterson

CEF no. 628 Patterson was born in Caledonia, ON, 16 January 1890. As a child, he moved to London, ON, and resided at 856 Hellmuth Ave. He attended […]

Private George Edward Wyatt

CEF no. 124281 Private Wyatt was born in London, ON, on 27 April 1897. Before the First World War, he was employed as a pharmacist apprentice and had […]

Private Arthur Bailey Aitken

CEF no. 1045832 Born in London, ON, Aitken was working as a labourer when he joined the 241st Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish Borderers, on 23 March […]

Corporal Herman Aitken

CEF no. 112168 Brother of Private Arthur Aitken, Herman Aitken worked as a shoemaker with the London Shoe Co., in London, ON. He had been a student at […]