Ernest Edward Ladd

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772246

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

November 12th, 1917

Cemetery:

Les Baraques Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.A.13A.

Commemorated at:

Balfour Street Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Norfolk

Birth city:

Eastwood, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

110 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

110 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

City of Brantford, Waterworks Department

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: At No. 35 General Hospital, Calais.

November 15, 1917

Ernest Edward Ladd Reported Dangerously Ill

Official word has been received by his parents that Private Ernest Edward Ladd is dangerously ill, suffering from a gunshot wound in the right leg, penetrating the abdomen, received on November 9. He enlisted with the 125th Battalion and went to France in October, 1916. He was in the employee of the City Water Works Plant prior to enlisting.