William Walker Precious

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

56198

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

West Yorkshire

Birth city:

Leeds

Address at enlistment:

79 Arthur Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

17 Arlington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Riveter

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX October 16, 1916

Private. William Walker Precious of this city is also reported wounded this morning. He formerly lived at 79 Arthur Street.

BX November 25, 1915

The official casualty list from Ottawa today reported Pte. William Walker Precious of the 19th Battalion, son of Mary E. Precious, as having been wounded by shrapnel and admitted to the Canadian Field Ambulance on November 9. His father is also at the front.