William James Grant

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

11356

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Plymouth

Address at enlistment:

27 Cayuga Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

27 Cayuga Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Miscellaneous

BX August 16, 1935

Body Found Hanging From Rafter Beam – W.J. Grant, Drummond Street, Took His Own Life Today – Inquest Unlikely.

William J. Grant, 8 Drummond Street, committed suicide today at his home about 11.30 a.m. The man was discovered by his wife hanging from a rafter in the attic; Dr. R.W. Digby being called, the body being cut down by neighbors.

P.C. Lindop and Det. Clerk Ward attended and took the particulars from the wife of the man. It seems he had been very despondent recently and had been attended to by Dr. R.W. Digby.

The pair went up town this morning, the man returning first, the wife coming home about ten minutes later.

On unlocking the door, the woman looked upstairs and saw her husband suspended from the rafter.

BX August 17, 1935

William James Grant

William James Grant, 8 Drummond Street, a veteran of the Great War, died suddenly at his residence Friday. Mr. Grant was 52 years old, and had resided here since that time with the exception of the time he spent overseas with the 4th Battalion. Mr. Grant had been a member of the King’s Royal Rifles in the Imperial Army before coming to Brantford. The funeral will be conducted Monday from Beckett’s Funeral home to the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment will be made. Canadian Legion honors will be extended. Left to mourn the loss of Mr. Grant besides his widow, are a brother, Charles Edward Grant, Brantford, and a sister, Mrs. Richard Jolly, Plymouth, England.

BX August 16, 1935

William James Grant

The funeral of William James Grant was conducted Monday afternoon from the Beckett funeral home, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. F.W. Schaffter of St. Jude’s Anglican Church conducted the services. Military honors were accorded the deceased by the Canadian Legion, Brantford Branch of which the deceased had been a member, and the funeral was attended by a large gathering of Legion members. At the graveside “Last Post” and “Reveille” were sounded by Bugler H. Porter. The pallbearers were A.H. Davis, H. Shaw, William Keighley, H. Carey and J. Brooks.