Clarence Ellworth Secord

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

773026

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

205 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

205 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX April 12, 1918

Mrs. May Secord, 205 Marlborough Street, was notified this morning that her husband, Private Clarence Secord had been wounded on April 4 and admitted to the hospital. Pte. Secord left here with the 215th Battalion.

BX September 13, 1961

Clarence Ellsworth Secord

Clarence (Dan) Secord, 70 of 136 Elgin Street, died on Wednesday at the Brantford General Hospital. Born in Newport, he came to Brantford as a youth and received his schooling here. Mr. Secord was a veteran of the First World War, serving with the 125th Battalion overseas. During the Second World War, he served with the Veterans Guard. Mr. Secord was a former employee of the Universal Cooler and a member of Branch 90 Canadian Legion. Surviving besides his wife, the former May Pizzey, are one son Harry, of this city; four daughters, Mrs. Norman (Kathleen) Kelly, Mrs. James (Hazel) McCaughen, Mrs. Roy (Dorothy Irish, all of Brantford, and Mrs. Leslie (Marjorie) Robertson of Ottawa; one brother, Reginald of Picton; two sisters, Miss Hazel Secord and Mrs. Jack (Marjorie) Lowe, of Brantford; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Secord is resting at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home.