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 number746155
NameWilliams, Paul
RankPrivate
Year of Birth2/24/1905
Date of Death 
Cemetery 
Cemetery location 
Country of birthEngland
Home CountryCanada
City bornDummington, warwick, England
Address71 Eldon Ave Oshawa, ON
Enlistment Date2/25/1916
Drafted? 
Enlistment placeOshawa
Origin Unit116th Battalion
Pre war Unit 
Final Bn18th
ShipSS Olympic
Date in England7/31/1916
Date in France 
Date w 1162/25/1916
Left 116th 
Marriedyes
Occupationbutcher
Wounded date 
Wound type/Death particuolarsdeformed right foot
KIA 
DOW 
Died other 
Missing/Presumed Dead 
Wounded 
Sick 
PTSD 
Medals 
Vimy 
Vimy area 
Raid 
Hill 70 
Pass 
Amiens 
Parvillers 
Boiry 
Canal 
Other 
Unit History116th to 18th
Other details1 son, 16 mths
Field Punishment 
FP Details 
Gravestone 
Underage 
Medically Unit 
Deserter 
Undesirable 
Casualty Description 
Compiled by Mark Carmichael.
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Source: Find A Grave. Photo added by Joe Lesperance.
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