Saturday 28 July 2007

Corporal George Henry Cecil Brunsden

Born on 1 March 1892 in London, Middlesex, England - son of Mrs. H. Brunsden, Folkestone, Kent, England - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Brantford, Ontario, trade as bench hand, single, currently a member of the 38th Dufferin Rifles, no previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 37 inches fully expanded, light complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 215th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Burford, Ontario, on 26 May 1916 (number 270407) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 8 or 9 April 1918 - wounded on 29 October 1918 - invalided to England on 7 November 1918.

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