William Fraser Lyle

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

452463

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Alexandra Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

41 Palace Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

41 Palace Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Pratt and Letchworth Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX March 15, 1917

Is Returning

Private William Fraser Lyle, who left with a 58th Draft from Niagara Camp, is returning home invalided suffering from shell shock. He sailed from Liverpool on the Metagama on March 5.

BX March 20, 1917

Invalided Home

Two more Brantford men invalided home arrived at Quebec yesterday with a party of 800. The Brantford men are Privates S.G. Meates and W. Lyle. Pte. Lyle is a married man, who formerly lived at 41 Palace Street. He joined a draft from the 38th “Duffs” in May 1915.

BX March 23, 1917

More Heroes of War

In a party of 46 returned convalescent soldiers due to arrive at Toronto this morning are three Brantford men. The local heroes are Privates W.T. Lyle, S.G. Meates and W.J. Williams.

BX March 23, 1917

Returning Home

Private William Fraser Lyle of 124 William Street, who has been at the front of about two years, is expected back in the city this afternoon, having been invalided home suffering from shell shock. A brother of his, who was at the front with the same battalion, returned to the city last November.

BX March 24, 1917

Two More Veterans

Two more returned soldiers invalided home from the front, Privates W.F. Lyle and W.J. Williams slipped back into the city yesterday afternoon. Private Lyle came in at 5.12 on the T.H. and B., and was met by the Soldiers Aid Commission and friends, but Pte. Williams missed the reception prepared for him, coming home on the 6.52 G.T.R. Private Lyle is suffering from shell shock. He was at the front with the 4th Battalion, going to France in June, 1915. Another brother, who was also with the 4th was invalided home in November last. Private Williams resides on Brant Avenue while Lyle’s home is at 124 William Street.

BX February 9, 1943

W.F. Lyle is Called by Death – Well-Known Resident Was Veteran of First Great War

The death of a well-known local resident, William Fraser Lyle, 107 William Street, occurred at the Brantford General Hospital early this morning in his seventy-seventh year.

A former member of the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles, deceased served overseas during the First Great War, enlisting here with the 54th Battery, later transferring to the Fourth Battalion and seeing service in France and England.

He was a member of the Brantford Branch of the Canadian Legion, the Fourth Battalion Association, and the Native Sons of Canada. Mr. Lyle was also a former employee of the Ontario Liquor Control Board.

His wife predeceased him about four years ago. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W.C. Freeborn, Brantford; three brothers, David of this City; ex-Alderman Thomas Lyle, and Robert Lyle, Collector of Customs here; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Irving, Buffalo and Mrs. George Greig, Cainsville. Five nephews are also serving in the armed forces.

Mr. Lyle is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home, where service will be held Thursday afternoon, followed by interment in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX February 12, 1943

William F. Lyle

The funeral of William F. Lyle was conducted Thursday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home. Rev. John Kelman, Padre of the Brantford Branch of the Canadian Legion, was in charge paying high tribute to the manner in which deceased had carried out his duties in the Legion. Representatives of the Legion the Fourth Battalion Association and the Water Works guard were in attendance and full military honors were bestowed. At the graveside in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, Pte. W. Bessant, No. 20 C.A.B.T.C. sounded “Last Post” and “Reveille.” The pallbearers were E.R. Edwards, A. Mattice and H. Twidale representing the Legion and P. Whalen, E. Butler and J. Darwen representing the Water Works guard.