Wednesday 13 June 2007

Corporal Wilfred Percy Braggins

Born in 1887 in Alderly Edge, Cheshire, England - son of Samuel Braggins, Alderly Edge, Cheshire, England - enlistment records provide the following: present address in RR #2 Holstein, Ontario, trade as farmer, single, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 8.5 inches, chest of 39 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair.

Joined the 147th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 6 January 1916 (number 838600) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 26 or 27 June 1917 - wounded on 27 March 1918 - invalided to England on 4 April 1918.

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