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Family Search: When Private Hugh Wilfred Toms was born on 16 February 1898, in Bayfield River, Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Nicholas Toms, was 34 and his mother, Elisa McNeil, was 35. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1898 and Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as fisherman. He died on 8 August 1918, in Marcelcave, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Picardie, France.
Brother to Private Malcolm Lloyd Toms, reg. no. 654530. They served together in the 18th Battalion. Private M.L. Toms survived.
This soldier enlisted with the 161st Battalion on February 5, 1916, at Bayfield, Ontario. A fisherman, he was 18-years old at the time of his enlistment and had no prior military experience. Arriving with the 161st Battalion at Liverpool on November 11, 1916, he was transferred to the 18th Battalion and arrived in the field on April 3, 1918. He served with the Battalion until August 8, 1918, when he was killed in action in operations.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 