William Salter Harding

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

115983

Unit at enlistment:

10th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 28th, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Dorset

Birth city:

Bridgeport

Address at enlistment:

Spy Hill, Saskatchewan

Next of kin address:

Spy Hill, Saskatchewan

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack near Arleux-en-Gohelle.

BX May 18, 1917

Private William Salter Harding of 22 Brighton Row, Brantford, is given in a late casualty list today as having been killed in action.

BX June 28, 1917

Sent Letter of Consolation

A letter of consolation has been received by Mrs. Harding, 17 Ruth Street, from the members of No.8 platoon of B. Company, 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion, in which her deceased husband was when killed. “Bill” as the writer of the letter, Roy McDowall refers to him, was in the bombing section. He says that no one could have been more missed than “Bill” was, as all the boys used to look to him for advice. Previous to being killed he had been wounded in the leg, but refused to quit and kept fighting till the last. The heartfelt sympathy of the whole platoon was extended to Mrs. Harding, and the writer says that all are waiting for a chance to avenge themselves on the brutes who robbed them of a gallant and true friend.