Source: May 1917 casualty.
PTE. “CHAP” PROCTOR KILLED
Somewhere behind the firing lines in France Pte. J.A. “CHAP” Proctor is laid away in a soldier’s grave. He had not reached his 19th birthday when his young life was cut off on May 3. The official report received by his mother at 171 Shaw street read that he was killed in action on that date. His father, Mr. “Al” Proctor, the well-known Toronto horseman, now in Saskatchewan, has not yet received the news. “Chap” was his only son. James Albert he was christened, but his chums at Giveos Street School and his friends with whom he was a big favorite, called him “Chap.” He reached France last July and did his bit in the big push at the Somme, being one of the bombers that followed the “tanks.” October 22 came around and “Chap” suddenly remembered it was his birthday and that nobody had sent him a birthday present. But Fritz did not forget and presently a high explosive shell came over and the young soldier was buried – a memorable gift, so he wrote. Pte. Proctor was born in Newmarket and after attending the public school there he continued his studies at Trinity College, Port Hope.
Toronto Star. May 23, 1917.
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 