Snelling, Stanley Henry: Service no. 53509

Digitized Service Record

Source: London First World War Twitter Account @LdnOntWW1

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Family Search: When Stanley Henry Snelling was born on 21 August 1891, in Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry William Snelling, was 38 and his mother, Ellen Hill, was 38. He married Edith Vera Richardson on 19 September 1921, in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 23 August 1967, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Burlington, Halton, Ontario, Canada.

Source: London First World War Twitter Account @LdnOntWW1.

This, according to the Chicago Saturday Blade, is Carolyn S.P. of New Platz, near Poughkeppsie, N.Y., who threw a red rose to Pte. Snelling, of the 18th Battalion as his corps left here for France. Pte. Snelling returned wounded, and announced that he has brought the red rose back to the girl who threw it. A dozen have claimed to have been in on Cupid’s battery, including a new arrival from Chicago.

Source: Circa 1917 (August 25, 1917 possibly the London Free Press). Via @LdnOntWW1.

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Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. London Free Press. April 23, 1917.
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Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. London Free Press Circa 1917.

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