Robert Parker Varey

Rank:

Driver

Regimental number:

322978

Unit at enlistment:

12th Brigade C.F.A., 54th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Riverdale Baptist Church, St. Paul's United Church, Slingsby Mfg. Co. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Dalton-in-Furness

Address at enlistment:

101 Chestnut Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

101 Chestnut Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Mechanic

Employer:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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BX May 24, 1973

Robert Parker Varey

VAREY, Robert P. – At the Brantford General Hospital, on Wednesday, May 23, 1973, in his 79th year, Robert P. Varey, of 174 Pearl Street (veteran of World War One serving overseas with the 4th Regiment, a member of the 54th Battery; beloved husband of Ivy Curtis; dear father of Robert of Orillia and Norman of Drumbo; also survived by 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Resting at the McCleister Funeral Home Ltd., 30 Brant Avenue. Service in the chapel Friday at 2 p.m. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Padre John MacCallum officiating.