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 Grimsby Independent, 14 Aug 1918, p. 1     The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Felker ... will learn with deep regret of the death of their only son, Elgin, who died on August 1st, 1918 as the result of wounds received on the battlefront in France on July 31st ... The late Private Felker was born …

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Aug 1918, p. 1     Word had been received...that her husband, Corp. Charles Kinch, died of wounds at the 49th casualty clearing station, France. Corp. Kinch enlisted with the 85th Machine Gun Battery...Besides his wife he is survived by a child, his father and mother and 4 brothers. Corp. Kinch's brother was killed ...

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Aug 1918, p. 1     Serg't. Charles Jago, who moved to Grimsby with his wife and three children shortly after the outbreak of war, enlisted in the 76th Battalion in 1915...Mrs. Jago and her three children live on Ontario Street....

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Aug 1918, p. 1     Theron Cecil Yorke, second son of Mrs. Mary Yorke, Mountain Street, North Grimsby, and whose wife resides at 10 Short Street, Hamilton, is officially reported as killed in action. He enlisted with the Depot Regiment, C.M.R. Hamilton in November of 1915...Pte. Yorke was 24 years old....

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Aug 1918, p. 1     Lorne Jeffrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffrey, Grimsby, reported as wounded seriously, in last week's list, is now reported to have died as a result of his wounds....

 Grimsby Independent, 4 Sep 1918, p. 1     Fester, Arthur D., Jordan, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fester, formerly of Jordan, but now of St. Catharines, was reported as "missing" last week. And it was hoped that he would eventually turn up safely, either as a prisoner, or to his own lines; but this hope …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     A terrible accident occurred about 10 o'clock this Wednesday morning, when two airplanes which were manoeuvring just over the ridge of the Thirty Mountain came together at a very low altitude, and crashed to earth; one landing in a field on Mr. A.H. Dolmage's farm, and the other crashing on …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     Bandur, Robert E. enlisted in the 98th Battalion in 1915, and proceeded overseas with that unit in July 1916, carrying Sergeant's stripes. In August 1917 he was drafted to the PPCLI in France, having reverted to the ranks to go to the Front. Sergt. Bandur was killed in action on …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     The 98th Battalion is being hard hit since the unit went over two years ago this summer ... today official word was received here that Major Byard J. Coulson was killed in battle on September 2. He went overseas in charge of Welland Company of the 98th, but reverted to …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     Allez, Hedley Charles ... is now reported to have died of his wounds following the amputation ... on September 4, 1918. Pte. Allez, a son-in-law of Mr. J.E. Lawson, North Grimsby, enlisted in the 98th Battalion in March of 1916 ... He was a well-known young man of this district …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     Hewitt, Gunner Roy, an old Grimsby boy, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hewitt, of Beamsville, Ont., has been officially reported as killed in action on August 30, 1918. Gunner Hewitt was born in Grimsby some 28 years ago and lived a great portion of his life in this …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     Barton, Lieut.-Col. Bernard, of an Imperial Unit is reported as having been killed in action on August 1st by the bursting of a bomb. Lieut.-Col. Barton will be remembered in this district by a great number of people, as for some years he worked a small fruit farm on Maple …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Sep 1918, p. 1     Graisley, Pte. Thomas Vernal, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graisley of Hamilton, but formerly of Grimsby, has been killed in action. Pte. Graisley was born and raised in Grimsby and had lived all his life in this village until his family moved to Hamilton shortly after the outbreak …

 Grimsby Independent, 31 May 1945, p. 10     Mrs. Vera Luey, 19 Ontario Street, with four sons overseas, had the great satisfaction of welcoming home on Tuesday morning the Scottish bride of one of them - Arthur - who is with the army in Germany. Mrs. Arthur Luey, who was formerly Jessie Ure, is from the little town …

 Grimsby Independent, 8 Mar 1945, p. 1     Left her in England when he went on Sicily invasion in July 1942 - does not know whether she is on her way to Canada or not ...

 Grimsby Independent, 15 Mar 1945, p. 1     George is the grandson of Grimsby residents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Smith ...

 Grimsby Independent, 15 Mar 1945, p. 1     Tpr. Arthur McGregor, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam McGregor, Adelaide Street, Grimsby, and whose wife, the former Doris Camden, resides at 462 Sherman Avenue South, Mount Hamilton, has been officially recorded as "missing in action". Enlisting in the Tank Corps in 1943 he went overseas in June ...

 Grimsby Independent, 29 Mar 1945, p. 6     Three war brides in one day is a record for Grimsby, so far, and they couldn't have chosen a better day than Tuesday to arrive at their new homes; ... Mrs. Reginald Ballard and her son, Michael James, 14 months old, have to come to make their home with Charles …

 Grimsby Independent, 5 Apr 1945, p. 1     Just 50 years ago this morning - April 5, 1895 - at three o'clock, all Grimsby was aroused by the clanging of the fire alarm. The Carpenter Basket Factory was ablaze. It burned to the ground and was never rebuilt. It was the first factory in Canada to manufacture fruit …

 Grimsby Independent, 5 Jul 1945, p. 5     Robert Mann Smith, 84, of 16 Fairview Avenue, Grimsby, was removed to Hamilton General Hospital Saturday morning suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg, shock and other injuries, sustained when he was in collision with a motor car in charge of Glen Miller, Trentun, PA, on the Queen …