Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Private Robert John Tinsley was born on 11 December 1881, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Helen Clements Tinsley. He died on 1 November 1957, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Pinegrove Cemetery, Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
| Reg number | 868220 |
| Name | Tinsley, Robert John |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/23/1905 |
| Date of Death | 11/1/1957 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Shropshire, England |
| Address | Port Perry, On |
| Enlistment Date | 4/15/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 182nd Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | Shropshire Light infantry |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 4/15/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1918 |
| Married | yes |
| Occupation | electrician |
| Wounded date | 8/10/1918 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | trench feet, GSW Rt Leg – large scar to leg |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | yes |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 182nd to 116th to 18th |
| Other details | A Coy, 2 girls , 1 boy 2mths to 3 years |
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| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 