Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds. Whilst working party behind the lines on the night of February 22nd 1916, he was hit in the stomach by an enemy bullet. He was unconscious when admitted to No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station and succumbed to his wounds at 7.15 o’clock the following morning, without regaining consciousness.
BX October 6, 1916
Three Brantford Men Killed in Action Reported Today – Sergeant Albert Speechly, Privates James Finnemore and William Thomas Fuller
William Thomas Fuller (55619)
“Killed in action” was the word received today by Mrs. H.B. Yake of 220 West Street in regard to her brother, Pte. William Thomas Fuller. Private Fuller left with the 19th Battalion in the third contingent. Another brother, Private George Henry Fuller, also of Brantford, is a prisoner of war in Germany. He went overseas with the 4th C.M.R. Both brothers were before the war employed at the Buck Stove Works.
BX October 10, 1916
Referred to Hero
At the service in First Baptist Church Sunday the pastor, Rev. Llewellyn Brown, made fitting reference to one of Brantford’s heroes, William Thomas Fuller, who fell in action in France on September 15. Mr. Fuller was a member of the congregation of First Baptist Church, and was reported on Friday last to have been killed.