Robinson Shellard

Rank:

Lance Corporal

Regimental number:

55702

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Pleasant Pioneer Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Wesley United Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Tutela P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Tutela P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Blacksmith

Employer:

Cockshutt Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX May 2, 1917

Invalided Soldiers

In all probability the following men will leave Toronto for Brantford on Thursday March 3 by the 6 o’clock Grand Trunk train. Sgt. William Arthur Lane, 353 Dalhousie Street; Pte. Albert Charles Lark, 306 Dalhousie Street; Lance-Corp. Robinson Shellard, 37 Webling Street; Pte. Arthur William Tyo, 250 Dalhousie Street.

BX May 4, 1917

Four Veterans Arrived in City on Thursday – Sergt. W.A. Lane, Lance-Corp. R. Shellard, Privates. A.W. Tyo and A.C. Lark – Given a Welcome

Four more veterans of the great struggle raging in Europe – Sergt. William Arthur Lane, Lance Corp. Robinson Shellard, Pte. Arthur William Tyo, and Pte. Alfred Charles Lark, were welcomed back to their homes here yesterday. The Soldiers’ Aid Commission had an exceedingly busy time, three of them arriving home in the afternoon and one in the evening. All were given a good reception at the station by the commission, which was out in force, and a throng of citizens. The 3.57 G.T.R. train was 20 minutes late and the throng at the station prevented any speeches. Lance-Corporal Shellard and Privates Tyo and Lark came in on the train. Sergt. Lane arrived home on the 7.32 and in the station speeches of welcome were delivered by Ald. J.S. Dowling of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission, and Capt. (Rev.) Jeakins, secretary of the G.W.V.A. Pte. Tyo had to walk with the aid of crutches, and Sergt. Lane had one arm that was practically useless.

BX July 30, 1917

Home from Hospital

Lance Corporal Robinson Shellard of 37 Webling Street, who for the past three months has been convalescing at the military hospital at St. Catharines, returned to the city today. In April last year Lance Corp. Shellard was shell shocked and buried at St. Eloi. He spent six weeks in an English hospital and then went back to the trenches. In July, however, his nerves gave off again and he lost the use of his legs. As a result he was invalided home.

BX April 21, 1950

Death Calls R. Shellard

Robinson Shellard, 66, well-known resident of the Oakland and Burch districts, died Thursday at Brantford General Hospital.

Mr. Shellard was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shellard, who were the pioneers of Shellard Lane. He served overseas during the First World War and on his return he took up farming in the Burtch district. Prior to the war he was a blacksmith for the Cockshutt Plow Company. He moved to Oakland six years ago and was a member of the Oakland United Church.

Mr. Shellard is survived by his widow, the former Helen Ottaway; three sons, Clarence, Hamilton; Bruce, Galt; Charles, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Reg (Eileen) Clark; two granddaughters, Donna Clark and Margaret Shellard; five brothers, John and Louis both residents of the United States; Enie, Hamilton; Morris, Brantford; William, Canfield and one sister, Mrs. Elva Mary Scott.

Mr. Shellard will rest at his residence until Saturday morning. Funeral service will be conducted Saturday afternoon at Glaves White Chapel. Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.