Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915. Note that Nominal Roll spells name at “Fliton”.
Find-A-Grave: Note that his name is listed as Mark William Flitton. The date of death and his spouse’s name correlate.
Family Search: When Private Mark William Flitton was born on 22 July 1875, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, his father, Mark Flitton, was 35 and his mother, Louisa Unwin, was 32. He married Tena Schreiber on 23 February 1898, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1924 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914 and St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as moulder in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 January 1959, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States.
Worked at the Diamond Crystal Salt Company, St. Clair, Michigan, for 15 years.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 