Harry Alfred Willis

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

109685

Unit at enlistment:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 15th, 1916

Cemetery:

Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 30 and 32

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

154 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

330 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Killed in Action

BX May 30, 1916

Private Harry Alfred Willis Killed in Action – Local Man Left Here With the C.M.R. – Relatives Not Found

Killed in action was the word received in the city this morning regarding Pte. Harry Willis of the Canadian Mounted Rifles Willis enlisted here with the 25th Brant Dragoons, going overseas with the second contingent, and later transferred to the 4th C.M.R. He formerly lived at 154 Pearl Street, but no trace of his relatives could be found at this address this morning.

BX May 31, 1916

Relatives of Fallen Hero

Two sisters and a brother of Private Harry Alfred Willis, reported killed in action, reside in the city. They are Mrs. A. Reynolds, 330 Rawdon Street; Mrs. Gimmer, 13 George Street, and John, 73 George Street. Another brother, George, lives in Hamilton.

A telegram was received yesterday announcing the death, but the whereabouts of any of his relatives were not available. In The Expositor last evening Mrs. Reynolds received the first information of her brother’s death.

BX June 1, 1916

Officially Announced

The official casualty list this morning reports that Harry Alfred Willis of Brantford had been killed in action. He was with the 4th C.M.R. this was reported in the Expositor a few days ago.