Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When William Garfield Ramshaw was born on 27 August 1887, in Brussels, Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas Ramshaw, was 31 and his mother, Catherine Auld, was 26. He married Edith May Mack on 12 August 1919, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as plasterer in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 14 March 1952, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mount Lawn Memorial Park, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
| Reg number | 746153 |
| Name | Ramshaw, William Garfield |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/1/1905 |
| Date of Death | 3/14/1952 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Brussels, ON |
| Address | 383 Simcoe St, oshawa, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 2/22/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| 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 | 2/22/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | plasterer |
| Wounded date | 4/11/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | VD, GSW Left shoulder, shell shock Vimy Ridge |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | yes |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 