Joseph Reansbury

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

773014

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Cumbria

Birth city:

Carlisle

Address at enlistment:

40 Burwell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

40 Burwell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Painter

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack North of Fresnoy

BX May 26, 1917

Just as The Expositor was going to press on Saturday word was received by Mrs. Florence Reansbury, 41 Palace Street, that her husband, Pte. Joseph Reansbury had been killed in action. He went overseas with the first overseas battalion of the “Duffs” and leaves a widow and three small children.