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Daniel Sleeth

Daniel Sleeth
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Regimental number: 
772893
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 24th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Windmill British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.G.6.
Commemorated at: 
Sons of England Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
North Yorkshire
Birth city: 
Thornaby-on-Tees
Address at enlistment: 
10 Glanville Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
10 Glanville Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Moulder
Employer: 
Cockshutt Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
33

Letters and documents

Nature and Place of Casualty: Killed in Action

BX October 2, 1918

The sad intelligence was received today by Mrs. Annie Sleeth, 10 Glanville Avenue that her husband, Lance Corporal Daniel Sleeth had been killed in action on Sept. 24. Corp. Sleeth left here with the 125th Battalion. 

BX October 2, 1918

Mrs. Daniel Sleeth, 10 Glanville Avenue, received official word from Ottawa stating that Lance Corporal Daniel Sleeth was killed in action September 24. Since then she has received two letters from him, one dated Sept. 16 stating that word had come from headquarters giving him another stripe, making him corporal. Corporal Sleeth was well known in the city, being employed in Cockshutt’s for a number of years previous to his enlisting. He was a member of the S.O.E. society and the Iron Moulders’ Union. He enlisted with the 125th Battalion and after reaching England was turned down for poor eye sight and could have returned home. Being determined to do his bit he joined up with the 4th Canadian Labor Battalion. He was a man well liked by all his comrades for his straight forward manner. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife and one little son, two brothers and a sister residing in the city, and one brother in Toronto.

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