William Henry Spain

Rank:

Lance Corporal

Regimental number:

772561

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

140 Oxbow Road, Bow Park Farm, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

21 Terrace Hill Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX November 20, 1917

Several Brantford men are reported wounded in a late casualty list today. Private Reginald Grant Raynor, 28 Mount Pleasant Street, who was a toolmaker, went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. He was single. Private William Howard White was a married man and lived at 53 Charlotte Street and also went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. Private William Henry Spain was also reported wounded. Private David Charles Dougherty, formerly of 145 Nelson Street, is single and went overseas in September 1915.