John William Sole

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164191

Unit at enlistment:

75th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

December 21st, 1916

Cemetery:

Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - Pas de Calais, France - 3.A.7.

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church, St. James Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Essex

Birth city:

Leyton, Waltham Forest

Address at enlistment:

Terrace Hill Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

8 Leamington Street, Manchester, England

Trade or calling:

Butcher

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Killed in Action

BX January 8, 1917

Young Chorister Reported Killed – Signaller John William Sole, with 84th Killed in Action

It was only a week ago that The Expositor published a letter from the front written by Pte. Jack Sole of this city and today he is reported killed in action. Private Sole was a member of the signal section of the old 84th Battalion and was with Pte. Alex Bell when he was recently killed.

Private Soles’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Soles, formerly lived on Terrace Hill, but recently moved to England. He will be well remembered in the city as a solo boy at St. James’ and Grace Church, when eight years of age he was a soloist with the choir in the Worcester Cathedral.