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John Arthur Webb

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
707238
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
February 28th, 1919
Cemetery: 
Terlincthun British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - XV.A.24.
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Lancashire
Birth city: 
Manchester
Address at enlistment: 
199 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
199 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carpenter
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
27

Letters and documents

Cause and Place of Death: Died (Influenza). No. 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux

BX February 24, 1919

Seriously Ill

Word was received in the city by Mrs. Mary Webb, 199, St. Paul’s Avenue, that her husband, Pte. Jack Webb had been admitted to stationary Hospital number 23 at Wimereux and was seriously ill with influenza. Private Webb left Brantford with the 125th Battalion band, and was later transferred to the 8th Winnipeg Regiment

BX March 6, 1919

Private John A. Webb Died

Word was received yesterday by Mrs. Webb, 199 St. Paul’s Avenue, that her husband, Private John Arthur Webb had succumbed to bronchial pneumonia at No. 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France. Private Webb left with the 125th Brant Battalion band and was transferred to the Eighth Winnipeg Rifles, (Little Black Devils). Of five sons who left for overseas, he is the second one to make the supreme sacrifice. Besides his sorrowing wife and two small children, he leaves a mother two sisters, Misses Annie and Bessie, and three brothers, Privates Cyril and Edward, both returned, and Private George yet in England, all three of whom had been wounded.

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