Private Ralph Quinn

Born on 15 October 1894 in Rainy River, Ontario - son of James and Margaret Quinn, Battleford, Saskatchewan - nephew of Mrs. Mary F. Press, Toronto, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer; single; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 6 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 59th Battalion, CEF, in Smiths Falls, Ontario, on 23 April 1915 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 22 June 1915 (number 410597) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - declared missing, presumed dead, on 18 November 1916 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Quinn's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private James Walton Quinn

Born on 24 August 1894 in Newington, Ontario - son of Mrs. James Quinn, Newington, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Newington, Ontario; trade as railroad brakeman; single; currently a member of the Canal Patrol (four months); no previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 4.5 inches; chest of 39.25 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 154th Battalion, CEF, in Cornwall, Ontario, on 28 January 1916 (number 633353) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 24 May 1917 - killed in action on 26 April 1918 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Upated with a photo of Pte Quinn's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Clarence John Pringle

Born on 28 June 1896 in Toronto, Ontario - son of Mrs. Mary Pringle, Dunsford, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Dunsford, Ontario; trade as farmer; single; no current or previous military service; Methodist; height of 5 feet 1.5 inches; chest of 33.5 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair.

Joined the 109th Battalion, CEF, in Lindsay, Ontario, on 1 January 1916 (number 725112) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - killed in action on 9 April 1917 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Pringle's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private John Thomas Price

Born on 23 November 1895 in Manchester, England - son of late John Thomas Price and Mrs. Winifred Davie, Pudsey, England - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as farmhand; single; no current military service; previously served with No.2 Canadian Field Ambulance (one year); Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 3.25 inches; chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; brown eyes; black hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 14 or 26 April 1915 (number 410383) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - killed in action on 2 November 1916 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Price's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Sergeant Moise Leo Prevost

Born on 30 August 1896 in Plantaganet, Ontario - son of Mrs. Emily Prevost, Plantagenet, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as bookkeeper; single; no current or previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 7.25 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; hazel eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF,in Ottawa, Ontario, on 6 January 1915 (number 410177) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - killed in action on 23 October 1916 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Sgt Prevost's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Arthur George Poynter

Born on 13 January 1894 in England - son of William and Julia Poynter, Montreal, Quebec - brother of Private Harold Cecil Poynter, 38th Battalion, CEF - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as farm hand; single; currently a member of the 43rd Regiment Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles (fourteen days); no previous military service; Wesleyan; height of 5 feet 7 inches; chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; blue eyes; blonde hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 20 April 1915 (number 410176) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - killed in action on 18 November 1916 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Poynter's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Jerome Poulin

Born on 3 July 1893 in St. Raphael's, Ontario - son of Jerome Poulin, Green Valley, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer; single; no current or previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 6.5 inches; chest of 38 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; blue eyes; auburn hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Alexandria, Ontario, on 3 March 1915 (number 410587) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - declared missing, presumed dead, on 9 April 1917 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Poulin's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Harry Thomas Porter

Born on 8 August 1896 in Toronto, Ontario - next of kin listed as Thomas Porter, Toronto, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: single; no current military service; previously served with the 36th Regiment; Baptist or Congregationalist; height of 5 feet 8 inches; chest of 34 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 3 January 1916 (number 775155) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - killed in action on 9 April 1917 - name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Porter's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Acting-Corporal William Wilson Wade

Born on 13 March 1899 in Brighton, Ontario – son of Lillie M. Wade, Brighton, Ontario – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Brighton, Ontario; trade as student; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 8 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; flaxen hair.

Joined No.2 Army Service Corps Training Depot, CEF, in Brighton, Ontario, on 28 November 1916 (number 2003541) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 11 July 1917 – struck off strength to England as a minor on 6 August 1917 – later served with the Canadian Army Service Corps.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Sandford Robertson Waddell

Born on 8 March 1882 in Kilsyth, Ontario – brother of Mary Waddell, Detroit, Michigan – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Toronto, Ontario; trade as silk cutter; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 166th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 12 January 1916 (number 669443) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 27 November or 1 December 1916 – struck off strength to the 4th Labour Battalion, CEF, on 24 August 1917.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Robert Hugh John Wabb

Born on 21 November 1898 in French River, Ontario – son of late Samuel A. and Mary Wabb, Massey Station, Ontario – brother of Private Arthur Clarence Wabb, 38th Battalion, CEF – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Massey, Ontario; trade as clerk; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 8 inches; chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; grey eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 227th Battalion, CEF, in Sudbury, Ontario, on 10 November 1916 (number 1004013) – taken on the strength of the 58th Battalion, CEF, on 28 or 29 March 1918 – transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 August 1918 – killed in action on 27 September 1918 – buried in Quarry Wood Cemetery (grave III.A.11), France.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Arthur Clarence Wabb

Born on 31 May 1896 in French River, Ontario – son of late Samuel A. and Mary Wabb, Massey, Ontario – brother of Private Robert Hugh John Wabb, 38th Battalion, CEF – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in French River, Ontario; trade as cook; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 8.5 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 119th Battalion, CEF, in Massey, Ontario, on 7 February 1916 (number 754948) – taken on the strength of the 58th Battalion, CEF, on 28 or 29 March 1918 – transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 August 1918 – wounded on 2 September 1918 – invalided to England on 12 October 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Acting Staff-Sergeant Remsen Sheldon Voorhis

Born on 3 December 1881 in Raritan, New Jersey – son of Sarah R. Sheldon, Somerville, New Jersey – at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as salesman; single; no current military service; previously served with the 71st New York Volunteers; Church of England; height of 6 feet 1 inch; chest of 39.1 inches fully expanded; medium complexion; grey eyes; dark brown hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Montreal, Quebec, on 17 March 1915 (number 410981) – transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, CEF, on 16 July 1915.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Lorenzo Vizina

Born on 29 December 1887 in Ottawa, Ontario – son of Eugene and Alphonsine (Alfimiex) Vizina, Ottawa, Ontario – at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer; single; no current military service; previously served with the 3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers (Ottawa, three years); Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 3.5 inches; chest of 39 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; blue eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 1 February 1915 (number 410423) – served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda – landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 – killed in action on 30 October 1917 – name inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register, www.cwgc.org)

Private George Emmerson Vipond

Born on 2 January 1884 in Durham, England – husband of Margaret Vipond, Enstone, Oxfordshire, England – at the time of his enlistment in 1917: present address in Hawthorn Farm, Libertyville, Illinois; trade as coachman; married; no current military service; previously served with the Oxfordshire Hussars (yeomanry, three years, lance-corporal); Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 10 inches; chest of 38 inches fully expanded; medium complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair.

Joined the Depot Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 26 July 1917 (number 225272) – taken on the strength of the 58th Battalion, CEF, on 29 February of March 1918 – transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 August 1918 – killed in action on 2 September 1918 – buried in Dury Mill British Cemetery (grave I.C.28), France.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Harry Vincton

Born on 13 March 1888 in Niagara Falls, New York – son of Mrs. Emma Mary [Vincton?], Dubuque, [state?] – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Niagara Falls, Ontario; trade as painer; single; currently a member of the 44th Regiment; no previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 8.25 inches; chest of 38.5 inches fully expanded; light complexion; light blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 98th Battalion, CEF, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 25 January 1916 (number 210927) – taken on the strength of the 58th Battalion, CEF, on 7 September 1916 or 29 March 1918 – transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 August 1918 – wounded on 2 or 3 September 1918 – invalided to England on 6 September 1918.

Awarded the Military Medal.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Joseph Adelor Vincent

Born on 21 March 1895 in Camel Chute, Ontario – son of Mrs. M. Vincent, Camel Chute, Ontario – at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Camel Chute, Ontario; single; Roman Catholic; trade as farmer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 3 inches; chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 12 April 1918 (number 3320808) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 26 or 27 September 1918 – struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Frank Albert Vince

Born on 29 August 1893 in Whatfield, Ipswich, Suffolk, England – son of Mrs. Helen Vince, Whatfield, Ipswich, Suffolk, England – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Ottawa, Ontario; trade as farm labourer; single; no current or previous military service; Congregationalist; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 37.5 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 207th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 4 April 1916 (number 246107) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 21 or 26 September 1917 – wounded on 2 or 4 September 1918 – invalided to England on 10 September 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Private Treffley Adolphus Villeneuve

Born on 18 February 1897 in Hogansburg, New York – son of Peter Villeneuve, Cornwall, Ontario – at the time of his enlistment in 1917: present address in Cornwall, Ontario; trade as paper maker; single; no current or previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 34 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.

Joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps, CEF, in Cornwall, Ontario, on 22 May 1917 (number 2098895) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 14 or 15 February 1918 – wounded on 2 or 4 September 1918 – invalided to England on 6 September 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

Lieutenant Robert Bedford Viets

Born on 29 January 1880 in Digby, Nova Scotia – son of Mrs. J.M. Viets, Digby, Nova Scotia – at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address with Finance Department, Ottawa, Ontario; trade as barrister, currently Private Secretary to the Minister of Finance; Church of England; currently a member of the 43rd Regiment Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles (one-and-a-half years); no previous military service.

Joined the 207th Battalion, CEF, as a captain in Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 May 1916 – reverted to the temporary rank of lieutenant on 11 July 1917 – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 20 September 1917 – invalided sick to England on 28 November 1917 – rejoined the 38th Battalion on 12 February 1918 – wounded on 10 or 12 August 1918 – invalided to England on 16 August 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)