Leslie Shellington

Rank:

Driver

Regimental number:

44032

Unit at enlistment:

1st Division Ammunition Column, C.F.A.

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 28th, 1917

Cemetery:

Highland Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.C.34.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Burford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Burford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Burford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Well Driller

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds. At 8.p.m. on May 28th, 1917 he was standing in rear of gun pit when hit in the forehead by a fragment of shell and rendered unconscious. He died a few minutes later without regaining consciousness while on his way to No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance which was located about 500 yards from where he was hit.

BX June 12, 1917

Died of Wounds

Today’s casualty list reports Leslie Shellington, of Burford, at the front with an artillery unit, as having died of his wounds.

BX June 20, 1917

The memorial service for the late Driver Leslie Shellington, who was killed in action in France, was held in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday afternoon and was attended by a large number of people. The service was conducted by the Rev. R.L. Moodie, pastor of the church assisted by the Rev. F. Sanders.

BX June 22, 1917

A large number from here attended the memorial service last Sabbath afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, Bishopgate, of the late Leslie Shellington, who died of wounds on the field of battle on May 28. Much sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Shellington in the loss they have sustained.