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Walter Welch

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
406215
Unit at enlistment: 
36th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Greater London
Birth city: 
London
Address at enlistment: 
304 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
304 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carpenter
Employer: 
L. Zavitz
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
33
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Letters and documents

BX June 30, 1916

Mrs. Margaret Welch, 140 Marlborough Street, received official notification this afternoon that her husband, Pte. Walter Welch was in the King George Hospital, London on June 21 with a gunshot wound in the thigh.

He was a member of the 36th Battalion. Previous to enlistment he was a carpenter. He had had not previous military experience.

BX April 15, 1969

Walter Welch

WELCH – In the Brantford General Hospital, on Tuesday April 15, 1969, Walter Welch (member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 90 Legion and honorary life member of the Imperial British Comrades Association) in his 82nd year, of 45 Walnut Street, husband of the late Margaret Marks; dear father of Herbert A., Howard R., Edward H. all of Brantford, brother of Kate of London, England; also survived by 8 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.  Resting at Hill and Robinson Limited Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets until Thursday. Service in the chapel at 3.30 p.m.  Interment, Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.  Rev. J.A. MacCallum will officiate.  Contributions to your favourite charity would be appreciated.

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