Kenneth Robertson Mounfield

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55669

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 8th, 1916

Cemetery:

Spoilbank Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - I.K.8.

Commemorated at:

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, St. Andrew's United Church, Wesley United Church, B.C.I. High School Memorial Plaque, Massey- Harris Memorial Plaque (Toronto)

Birth country:

Wales

Birth county:

Powys

Birth city:

Welshpool

Address at enlistment:

18 Emilie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

18 Emilie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Wesleyan

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack East of St. Eloi.

BX April 22, 1916

Private Kenneth Robertson Mounfield Reported Dead

Private Kenneth Robertson Mounfield, a former employee of the Massey-Harris works, was killed in action on April 8, according to official word sent out from Ottawa on Thursday. His brother, Mark, the oldest member of the family, resided at London, and as the head of the family the official news of the casualty was forwarded to that city. A telephone message was then sent to him here, where he was on a visit for Easter, conveying the sad news. His father died about a month and a half ago and the mother some time previous. Mrs. Gillis, St. George is a sister.

Private Mounfield enlisted in this city early in the war. He was a machinist, 22, and an active member of the Y.M.C.A.

BX April 22, 1916

Officially Reported

In the official Canadian casualty lists issued yesterday and this morning appear the names of three Brantford men, one killed and two wounded. Kenneth Robertson Mounfield, reported killed in action is a former Brantford boy whose parents are now living in London. The two local men officially reported wounded are: Lance-Corp. Samuel Elliott, 227 Marlboro Street, and Francis J. Wickson, 2 Park Avenue east.