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 Grimsby Independent, 9 Oct 1918, p. 4     Mr. David Jacobs of Grassies received word a few days ago, that his son Roy had been killed in France. He enlisted in the ...Battalion in 1916, and was drafted to France the same year....

 Grimsby Independent, 9 Oct 1918, p. 4     Mrs. John H. Nelson of Grimsby received the sad news on Tuesday, Oct. 8th that her son, Robert H. was killed in action on Sept. 28th. Robert was born in 1900 and enlisted in the C.M. Rifles in Nov 1915. He went overseas in April 1916, went to France in …

 Grimsby Independent, 4 Dec 1918, p. 4     Mr. and Mrs. W. Allan (sp?) received a cablegram last week, stating that their son, Pte. Fred Allen had died from wounds received during the last week of the fighting. Pte. Allen donned the colours in February of this year, going overseas in June. He was at Witley camp until …

 Grimsby Independent, 25 Sep 1918, p. 1     Froom, from Regina, died on September 23, and Nightingale,from Toronto, died on September 24.

 Grimsby Independent, 13 Nov 1918, p. 5     ....Winona has been robbed of another promising and well-known young man in the person of Pte. William Stallard Millard. Official notification has been received by his parents and wife, that he gave up his life in defense of his country in the vicinity of Cambral with the Canadian forces on …

 Grimsby Independent, 9 Oct 1918, p. 1     Mrs. Roy Hewitt has received touching letters of sympathy from others commanding the battalion to which her husband was attached. The following, from her brother, explains how Roy met the death. Somewhere in France, Aug 31, 1918. My dear sister, It is with regret that I sit here to write …

 Grimsby Independent, 14 Aug 1918, p. 1     Mr. and Mrs. Amos Pyett, North Grimsby, received the sad news on Monday, August 12th of the death of their son, Herbert Ross Pyett who was killed while fighting in France. He enlisted from Melfort, Sask. early in the war, and a young wife and two young children in that …

 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 …