BX March 22, 1918

Veterans Met Their Returning Comrades

The veterans who slipped into Brantford on the Hamilton radial at 11 o’clock Wednesday night were met at the station by seven of their old comrades-in-arms. The secretary of the G.W.V.A. and five of the members of the G.W.V.A. spent the evening going from station to station, meeting train after train, until the arrival near midnight of the men they sought. There were eight of them – Privates Blake, Powell, Massengale, Knowles, “Mickie,” Duff, “Dusty,” Rhodes, King, and Anderson. They were all members of the “Mad Fourth,” who had left Brantford in the early days of the war. Four of them left direct to their homes, but five went over to the Returned Soldiers’ home, where a couple of hours were spent talking over old times. Privates Massengale, Powell and Blake remained at the home all night, the two former staying there at present, since they have no friends in the city.

BX September 29, 1937

Fred Massengale

The death took place in the Brantford General Hospital this morning of Fred Massengale, who passed away after an illness as the result of disabilities suffered during his service with the “Mad Fourth” Battalion overseas.  Mr. Massengale, who was in his fifty-second year, was a member of the Canadian Legion.  He came to Brantford twenty-four years ago, and made a wide circle of friends.  He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his sorrowing widow, two sons, Fred and William, one daughter Edna. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon, with a private service at his late residence, 44 Curtis Street and a public service in St. Luke’s Anglican Church.  Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, under the auspices of the Canadian Legion and the “Mad Fourth.”

BX October 2, 1937

Fred Massengale

Many friends attended and there was a large profusion of flowers yesterday at the funeral service of Fred Massengale, held at St. Luke’s Anglican Church following a private service at his late residence, 44 Curtis Street.  Former comrades in the Mad Fourth Battalion attended and the following acted as pallbearers: Col. M.A. Colquhoun, T. Lockyer, W. Keighley, W. Symington, H. Carey and W. Brown.  The bugler, Leslie Armstrong sounded the Last Post and the Reveille.  Rev. Thomas Madden officiated at the home and at the interment service in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.