Source: Post by Allan Miller at the Elgin Regiment Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Private Gerald Plomley was born on 11 January 1888, in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Frederick Plomley, was 42 and his mother, Clara Margaret Bunter, was 40. He lived in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, for about 16 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1931, at the age of 43, his occupation is listed as shoemaker in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 4 September 1932, in Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 44, and was buried in South Park Cemetery, Lyndale, Elgin, Ontario,
His wife was in England during the war, returning to Canada in December 1918.
Photos of soldier via David Archer’s post at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
