Family Search: When Walter Davy Smith Perry was born on 4 June 1882, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Davy Perry, was 37 and his mother, Barbara Mary Smith, was 31. He married Irene Maud Coppin on 8 January 1913, in Mitchell, West Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in York, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as farmer in Mitchell, West Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 30 August 1954, in Gannon Village, Selwyn, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
Tony has his first name as “William”, bu
Tony has his first name as “William”, but his own signature is on the marriage record as “Walter” His birth was not registered contemporaneously, but was registered by his sister, Edith Mary Clarkson, 18 May 1928 at Toronto. She gave the birth date as 4 June 1883, and stated that she was 4 years older than he. At the time of his enlistment fo the Overseas Expeditionary Force 9 Nov 1914, he gave his birth as 4 June 1882, a difference of one year. He was married and farming at that time. Crossed to Detroit 26 May 1928 with wife and children John and Alice. He was age 44y 11m. Son of Robert Davey Perry from Oswego, NY and Barbara Smith of Aberdeen, Scotland.Lived in Peterborough.
From David Coppin
PERRY, WALTER DAVY; E. 91 from the Model Sch., Toronto; aged 15-2; L. December ’01; son of Mrs. R.D. Perry, Toronto; Stock Farming. Enlisted 18th Bn,. C.E.F., Capt.; raised his own Coy.; O.S.; France; in trenches nearly a year; gassed and sent to London, England. ret’d from O.S.; discharged.
PERRY (98-01) – At Peterborough, Ont., on August 30, 1954, Captain Walter Davy Perry.
Source: The Brussels Post, 1914-11-12, Page 1.
Capt. W.D. Perry, of Mitchell who assisted in organizing “G” Company of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment has been appointed captain of “D” Company of the Eighteenth Battalion. He is now at headquarters in London, and expects to have his men in good shape shortly. He was a member of the Forty-Eight Highlanders for 10 years.
Source: The Brussels Post, 1914-11-12, Page 1.
Dismissed for “Drunkenness” per RG150 – Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada, Series 8, File 3832-1, Microfilm Reel Number T-8695, Finding Aid Number 150-5.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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