Alfred William Fitness

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

772722

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Calvary Baptist Church, Park Baptist Church, Zion Presbyterian Church, Ancient Order of Foresters

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

420 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

420 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Bricklayer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX July 27, 1916

An event of more than usual interest was celebrated yesterday afternoon in Zion Church, when Sergeant Alfred William Fitness of the 125th Battalion and Essie May Lamb, eldest daughter of William Lamb, were united in wedlock by Rev. G.A. Woodside. The happy couple left immediately afterwards on a honeymoon trip.

BX October 13, 1962

Alfred William Fitness

Alfred William Fitness, 72, died this morning at the Brantford General Hospital. Born in Brantford, he was a life-long resident of Brantford and a retired letter carrier. He was a veteran of the First World War, serving with the 125th Battalion, an early worker in the Brant Rod and Gun Club, a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters and a past DDHCR, a member of Harmony Lodge and a member of Brantford encampment IOOF. Surviving are his wife, Myrtle McNelles Spence; one sister, Mrs. Fred (Esther) Knight of Brantford; one step-daughter, Mrs. Albert (Flora) Rutherford of St. Thomas. He was predeceased by his first wife, Essie Lamb in 1945, his second wife, Minnie Wyatt in 1947 and his brother Harry Fitness. He is at the Beckett Funeral Home with service Monday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.