Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Private Cyril Vivian Gordon Parrett was born on 18 January 1897, in West Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom as the son of Bejamin Parrett and Lilian Matilda Parrett. He immigrated to Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1909. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 24 May 1918, in Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 21, and was buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Rivière, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
| Name | Parrett, Gordon Vivian |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/11/1905 |
| Date of Death | 5/24/1918 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | east Greenwich, Kent, England |
| Address | Honeydale, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 11/22/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry, ON |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 2nd, CMGC |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 11/22/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | 4/12/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | GSW Left foot |
| KIA | yes |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th to 2nd MGCorps |
| Other details | A Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description | Killed in action, Whilst with a water carrying party West of Neuville Vitasse he was instantly killed when a 4.1 shell exploded a few feet in front of him |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 