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Obituary
” WAR VETERAN SPENT 10 YEARS IN HOSPITAL
Henry Eley Enlisted With Army in 1915; Funeral Thursday
Aylmer, Jan. 15 – Henry E. Eley, 50 year-old ex-service man, who died in Westminster Hospital Tuesday, had made his home with Mr and Mrs Stokes of Jaffa before he joined the army in 1915. He was a patient at the hospital for ten years. Mr. Eley served overseas for the duration of the war, returning in 1918. He was a member of Jaffa Baptist church. He was born in England. Surviving him are two sisters, Miss Ada Eley and Mrs. Alderton, of Southend, Essex County, England. Funeral services will be held at the Atkinson funeral home, Aylmer, Thursday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. W. D. Stenlake will officiate. The Aylmer Canadian Legion will attend in a body. Interment will be made in Aylmer cemetery.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 