Source: Service Record of Pte. James Baird, reg. no. 769184. See note written by Sergeant Rouse regarding accidental injury.
Family Search: When Lieutenant Raymond Earle Rouse was born on 23 May 1891, in Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Edward George Rouse, was 29 and his mother, Charity Weeks, was 23. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Theresa Ann Hayes. He immigrated to Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1926 and lived in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1914. He died on 21 December 1961, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Note: This soldier does not show up under the LAC database using this regimental number. Search last name: Rouse, Raymond Earl.
Military Medal and Military Cross.
Lt. Raymond Earl Rouse, M.M., 18th Bn., Can. Infy., Western Ontario R.
After the company commander had become a casualty and the attack was held up he took command of the company in a very difficult situation, and within a short distance of the enemy lines he reorganized the men with admirable skill, and later on went out under heavy fire to bring in some wounded, thus saving may lives. His gallantry and devotion to duty were conspicuous examples.
London Gazette no 31119 dated 11/01/1919, page 664.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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