Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
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Family Search: When Herbert James Eagling was born on 27 April 1886, in Dereham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, JAMES Herbert Eagling, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Stone, was 27. He had at least 1 son with Sarah Elizabeth Filby. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1919 and Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1922. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as farmer in Ontario, Canada. He died in 1950, in Norwich, Norfolk, England, at the age of 64, and was buried in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
| Reg number | 745059 |
| Name | Eagling, Herbert James |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Year of Birth | 2/28/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | East Dereham, England |
| Address | |
| Enlistment Date | 11/3/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 11/3/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | shrapnel, both arms, pink eye |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | A Coy, appointed Corporal, buried by a shell |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 