Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: Private Hugh William Russell was born on 12 March 1895, in Belfast, Ireland. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1906 and lived in Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1915 and Bluevale, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as farmer in Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada. He died on 18 May 1970, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron, Upper Canada, British North America.
Articles by Kristen Den Hartog expanding on this soldier’s war experiences.
Part Two: A WW1 Barnardo’s Boy
