BX April 25, 1916

Two More Local Men Wounded – Pte. William Grover and Pte. Fred Harrington Shot

Friends of William Grover, late of the Sons of England football team will be sorry to hear that he has been wounded in both thighs at the battle of St. Eloi. He tried to enlist with Colonel Ashton’s regiment, but was rejected on account of bad teeth, but being determined to enlist he sailed for England and enlisted there. He has been in the trenches for some months now. He was at the battle of Loos, where his chum George Rawlings also from Brantford was killed.

Mrs. Fred Harrington, 152 Elgin Street, yesterday received a field card bearing the sad news that her husband, Pte. Fred A. Harrington was in one of the hospitals. No further particulars were given and Mrs. Harrington is anxiously awaiting further news. Pte. Harrington left here in March, 1915 with Colonel Ashton, going to Niagara and later going overseas with the 36th Battalion. At Shorncliffe he was transferred to the 18th Battalion and went to France on February 3, 1916