Gordon Lister Cerswell

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
135258
Unit at enlistment: 
74th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
May 16th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Woods Cemetery - Belgium - II.C.7.
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
York
Birth city: 
Toronto, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Toronto, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Bradford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Teamster
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
20

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Zillebeke.

BX May 20, 1916

Reported Killed

In this morning’s casualty list appears the name of Private Gordon Lister Cerswell of Brantford killed in action. No record is found in the Expositor’s lists of such a man having enlisted here and no word had been received in the city up to this morning of his death. The name Cerswell does not appear in the Brantford City directory, nor does the name G. Carswell.