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Thomas Ross

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
109576
Unit at enlistment: 
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
October 14th, 1916
Cemetery: 
St. Sever Cemetery Extension - Rouen, France - B.14.20.
Birth country: 
Ireland
Birth county: 
Sligo
Birth city: 
Sligo
Address at enlistment: 
Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Glencar, Sligo, Ireland
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Shell Wound Leg, Foot and Hand) at No. 1, Australian General Hospital, Rouen.

BC November 25, 1916

Private Thomas Ross

The sad intelligence of the death from wounds of Thomas Ross of the 4th C.M.R., was received recently by relatives in this city. The young man, who was but 20 years of age, was of Irish nationality and enlisted in the autumn of 1914, going overseas with a quota of the 25th Brant Dragoons, under the command of Captain Leonard Bishop, by whom he was pronounced to be “one of the finest young fellows in the regiment.”  Since his arrival at the front, he had been wounded three times, and on October 14, last, he succumbed to his wounds.

BX November 26, 1916

Died of Wounds

Trooper Thomas Ross of the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles is reported having died of wounds. It was in the autumn of 1914 that he went overseas with a quota of men from the 25th Brant Dragoons. Since reaching the front, he was wounded three times and the third time succumbed to the wounds. He was 20 years of age.

BX December 13, 1915

In this morning’s casualty list appears the name of Thomas Ross, 4th C.M.R., reported wounded. It is thought that the Ross referred to enlisted in Brant County in July with the 2nd Dragoons, being one of a draft of 112 men sent to Niagara camp under Captain Richard T. Hall. His residence is given as Sligo, Ireland.

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