Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 151.
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 |
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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 |
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Married | yes |
Occupation | butcher |
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Wound type/Death particuolars | deformed right foot |
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Unit History | 116th to 18th |
Other details | 1 son, 16 mths |
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