Lynde, William Ewart Gladstone: Service no. 745119

Digitized Service Record

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

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Family Search: When William Ewart Gladstone Lynde was born on 19 November 1895, in Pickering, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Munroe Lynde, was 34 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth May Bell, was 29. He married Iva Bertha Emerson on 29 June 1929, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as farmer in Ashburn, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1970, at the age of 75.

Reg number	745119
Name	Lynde, William Ewart Gladstone
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/10/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Whitby, ON
Address	Ashburn, ON
Enlistment Date	11/19/1915
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	11/19/1915
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	no
Occupation	farmer
Wounded date	5/12/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW hands, face and leg – shrapnel
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	A Coy; returned to 18th btn on Aug 4th, 1918 before amiens
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description