William Joseph Williams

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55744

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

First Baptist Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Kent

Birth city:

Dover

Address at enlistment:

81 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

81 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX October 8, 1915

“Somewhere on Earth”

Mrs. W.H. Williams, 81 Brock Street, has received a short letter from her son, Pte. William Joseph Williams, 55744, Second C.E.F., C. Company, 19th Battalion, 4th Brigade, who is now somewhere in France with the Second Division. While not knowing his exact location he stated that he was well and “somewhere on the earth,” his immediate location being a farm yard. He comments that the people there were very good to the boys, but that he could do with some cigarettes and socks. He asked to be remembered to local friends.

BX April 12, 1918

Mrs. Martha Jane Williams, 26 Brant Avenue, received official word today that Sergeant William Joseph Williams had been admitted to Norfolk Norwich Hospital on April 5 with gunshot wound in the left arm.