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Benjamin Smith

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270179
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Brantford Congregational Church PSA Brotherhood
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
Filby
Address at enlistment: 
44 Gordon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
44 Gordon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Implement Erector
Employer: 
Cockshutt Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Salvation Army
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
38
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Letters and documents

BX October 9, 1918

Mrs. Maud Smith of Tutela P.O., was today notified that her husband Private Benjamin Smith had been wounded on September 27 and had received a gunshot wound in the left shoulder.

BX December 24, 1930

Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith, 156 Eagle Avenue, passed away on Tuesday in the Brantford General Hospital, in his 54th year.  The deceased was an adherent of the Salvation Army and had been a resident of Brantford for the past 25 years, being employed during that time as an assembler at the Cockshutt Plow Company.  He leaves to mourn his loss his sorrowing widow, one daughter Doris at home, and two sons, Arthur B. in Detroit and Gordon at home.  The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX December 27, 1930

Benjamin Smith

The funeral took place yesterday afternoon of the late Benjamin Smith from the residence, 156 Eagle Avenue, with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.  Services were conducted at the home and graveside by Major Wright, Toronto, Brigadier McDonald, Toronto, and Adjutant Kettle, Brantford, all of the Salvation Army. The pallbearers were J. Davis and J. Noakes of the Salvation Army, J.T. Farr and T. Patterson, representing the Cockshutt Plow Co., and E. Mulholland, L. Brock of the Canadian Order of Foresters.

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