William Henry Fair

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270163

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

134 Park Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

134 Park Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Clerk

Employer:

T.J. Fair Cigars Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX August 18, 1915

On Tuesday, August the 17th a quiet but pretty wedding took place at St. Mark’s Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, when Helen Margaret, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones, of this village, was united in matrimony to Lieutenant William Henry Fair. We wish the happy couple “Fair” sailing through the voyage of life.

BX December 3, 1916

Are Candidates for Flying Corps

Three Brantford men – J.A. Baker, S.E. Buck, W.H. Fair – who were recently transferred from the 215th Battalion to the Canadian officers training corps, are candidates for commissions in the Royal Flying Corps. It was announced today by Lieutenant Colonel W.R. Lang, of the general staff that the three Brantford men and one other were candidates for the flying corps and would be interviewed upon arrival in England by Captain Lord Alastair Innes-Ker. If not accepted by the flying corps it is expected that Messrs. Buck and Fair will go to the infantry. It is probable these officers will proceed to England in the near future.

BX January 16, 1917

To Enter Flying Corps

Three local young men, Joseph Baker, William Henry Fair and Stanley Buck, who have been accepted for the flying service, are severing their connection with the 215th Battalion and expect to leave shortly for England to enter training in the Imperial Aerial service. All three are qualified infantry lieutenants who had not been granted commissions.

BX April 2, 1945

William Henry Fair

William Henry Fair, 134 Park Avenue, son of Mrs. Mary Fair and the late T.J. Fair, passed away Sunday afternoon in the Brantford General Hospital, in his fifty-second year. Mr. Fair attended Alexandra Public School in this City, the Brantford Collegiate Institute and Victoria College, University of Toronto. He was a lieutenant in the R.A.F. in the First Great War. For the past 15 years he has been a member of the Customs Department. He was a member of Doric Lodge, A.F. & A.M., and St. Jude’s Anglican Church. Left to mourn his loss are his mother, his widow, formerly Miss Helen Lloyd Jones and three daughters, Miss May Elizabeth, at home, Mrs. John H. Young (Katharine) Victoria, B.C. and Miss Janet, London, Ont., also two sisters, Mrs. W.R. James (Annie) Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Irving Wood (Bertha), Toronto. Mr. Fair is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home until Tuesday afternoon when the funeral will take place. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

BX April 4, 1945

William Henry Fair

The funeral of William H. Fair was conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home, Rev. John Frank of Holy Trinity Church, Toronto, had charge of the service assisted by Rev. Thomas D. Painting of Holy Trinity Church, City. The pallbearers were Gordon Houlding, C.B. Child, Irving Wood, all of Toronto; Thomas Child, Detroit; Leonard Joyce and Arthur Coale, both of Brantford. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Doric Lodge A.F. and AM. Held a service Monday evening in the Beckett Funeral Home with Worshipful Master Walter North in charge, assisted by Rt. Wor. Bro. J.P. Temple, Wor. Bro. A.A. Coale, Wor. Bro. Harry Cuff, Wor. Bro. E.E. McIntyre and S.W. Reginald Eacrett.