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Eric Prime

Eric Prime
Rank: 
Gunner
Regimental number: 
305104
Unit at enlistment: 
8th Brigade C.F.A., 40th Battery
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Bruce
Birth city: 
Southampton, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
33 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
33 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Printer
Employer: 
Hurley Printing Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
21

Letters and documents

BX November 14, 1917

Gunner Eric (Pat) Prime has been wounded, according to word received by his mother, who resides at 33 Peel Street. He is suffering from a gunshot wound in the head. Gunner Eric Prime was formerly employed as a pressman at Hurley’s printing establishment and went overseas with the 40th Battery.

BX January 20, 1976

PRIME – At the Brantford General Hospital, on Monday, January 19, 1976, Eric L. (Pat) Prime, beloved husband of Clara Prime; dear father of Gordon Prime of Newton Mearns, Scotland; loving grandfather of Catherine, Elizabeth, James and Fiona.  Mr. Prime was a member of First Baptist Church, former member of Calvary Baptist Church, member of the Quarter Century club at Gage and Company; life member of the Artillery Association; life member of the United Travellers’ Association. Friends will be received at the Beckett-Glaves Funeral Home, 88 Brant Avenue, on Tuesday evening.  Private service Wednesday, at 2.30 p.m. with rev. Cyril Squires officiating.  Interment Mount Hope Cemetery.  Donations to Calvary Chapel Memorial Fund, First Baptist Church appreciated.

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