Williams, Paul: Service no. 746155

Digitized Service Record

Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 151.

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Family Search: When Paul Williams was born on 2 November 1882, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Edgerton Williams, was 26 and his mother, Jane Hughes, was 23. He married Lilian Hannah Waines on 11 September 1914, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Salford Priors, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as butcher in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 March 1939, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

This man was taken on strength with the 18th Battalion but his classification changed at the Canadian Base Depot in France. He was returned to England and served there.

Reg number	746155
Name	Williams, Paul
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	2/24/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	England
Home Country	Canada
City born	Dummington, warwick, England
Address	71 Eldon Ave Oshawa, ON
Enlistment Date	2/25/1916
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	2/25/1916
Left 116th
Married	yes
Occupation	butcher
Wounded date
Wound type/Death particuolars	deformed right foot
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
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Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	1 son, 16 mths
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description