Norman William Norris

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772920

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Wesley United Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Eagle Nest P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Eagle Nest P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Ker and Goodwin Co.

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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BX August 27, 1918

Private Norman William Norris, who went overseas with the 125th Battalion, was admitted to the 47th General Hospital on August 15, suffering from gas. The word came to his mother, Mrs. John Norris, Cockshutt Road. Before enlisting, Pte. Norris was employed at Ker and Goodwin’s

BX August 27, 1964

Norman Norris

Norman Norris, 68 of 57 Sarah Street, died Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Hospital. He was born in Brantford, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Norris and had resided here all his life. Mr. Norris was a machinist with the Goodwin Church Company here for 40 years, retiring in 1960. During the First World War he served overseas with the 125th Battalion. He was a member of Colborne Street United church. Surviving are his wife, the former Ethel Street; a son, Kenneth of Long Island, N.Y.; three daughters, Mrs. Wilbert (Norma) Smith of London, Mrs. Donald (Shirley) Fowler, Mrs. John (Marilyn) Takacs both of Brantford; two sisters, Miss Bertha Norris and Mrs. Harry (Edith) Waring both of Brantford; 12 grandchildren. Mr. Norris is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home for service in the chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.