Source: The Regimental Rouge web site.
Sleep on dear son, in your soldier’s grace,
Your life for your country you nobly gave,
No friends stood near you to say good-bye,
But safe in God’s keeping you now forever lie.
PTE. CECIL GRANT, No. 226218. WINDSOR
Enlisted in Hamilton with the Canadian Mounted Rifles, March 20th, 1916. Transferred to the 18th Batt’n in France. Wounded at Vimy Ridge and died April 11th, 1917. Age 18 years.
From his bereaved Mother, Father, Sisters, and Brother.
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 