BX April 23, 1917
Brant Casualty List Mounts Up – 22 Today – Twenty-Two Names of Local or County Men Given Out Today – First Brant Battalion Draft Suffered Severely
Issued today is one of the lengthiest weekend casualties lists yet made public since the outbreak of war. In the list are given 19 Brantford men, all of whom with one exception were wounded. Three Simcoe men, two Paris men and one Burford man are also in the list. Many are official confirmations. The Expositor having previously mentioned them.
Private Gordon Truckle of the C.M.R., is now in No. 3 Stationary Hospital, with a gunshot wound in the face. He is a son of Richard Truckle and resided at 50 Terrance Hill Street when enlisting. He was employed by Hunt and Colter.
BX August 31, 1918
Two brothers, Private Gordon Truckle and Private Stanley Truckle have both been shell gassed. Two messages sent to their father, Mr. W. Richard Truckle said that Gordon was admitted to the 14th Field Ambulance, August 25. He went over about three years ago with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles and had just recently reported for duty after being in the hospital suffering from a wound in his lung. He worked in Brantford at Hunt and Colter’s livery barns.
Private Stanley was gassed on Aug. 24 and is in the 23rd Casualty Clearing station. He made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Albert Truckle, when she lived at 50 Terrace Hill, and went over with Major Brooks, in the C.M.R.’s. Once before Stanley was wounded in the leg.