William Henry Vansickle

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55732

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

59 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

59 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX November 22, 1917

Private William Henry Vansickle of 59 Grey Street, who with his son, Signalling Sergeant Ernest Vansickle, went overseas with the 19th Battalion has been seriously burned. The son returned to Canada last month, and is now in the Military hospital in Toronto. His father is in a hospital at Bunston, Derbyshire, and was recently placed on the staff. The veteran however, had the misfortune to be badly burned about the hands and body. Word of this accident was received today. The war has hit the Vansickle family hard and in addition to the war veterans little Eugene, the 8 year old son, is at the Brant Sanatorium. He is however, on the road to recovery.

BX March 23, 1918

Returned Home

Among the returned boys this week was Private William Henry Vansickle of 59 Grey Street, who with his son left here with the 19th Battalion. His return came as a surprise to his friends, who had not expected him just yet.

BX August 8, 1916

Father and Son Wounded

William Henry Vansickle and his son, Ernest, both of whom are in hospital from wounds, the former at Gosport, the latter at Ramsgate, where he may have to lose an arm by amputation.

BX June 5, 1952

William Vansickle

William Vansickle died in his 85th year at Sunnybrook Military Hospital, Toronto. Born in Brantford, he was with the Brantford Cordage Company Ltd. For 19 years. He was one of the original members of the 19th Battalion, a veteran of the First World War, and a member of the Canadian Legion. Surviving Mr. Vansickle, are one daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Eva) Little, Grantham Township; three sons, Eugene of Grantham Township, Ernest and Kenneth, both of Brantford; one sister, Mrs. Harry Game, Brantford. He is resting at the Butler and Son Funeral Home, 33 Duke Street, St. Catharines, where services will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines.