379 www.on.legion.ca WIGMORE, Henry James Henry was born March 15, 1871, in Bristol, England, to Henry and Maria (Barnett) Wigmore. After his birth, the family immigrated to Canada and settled in the Sault Ste. Marie and near by St. Joseph Island. He was a sawyer by trade and on May 15, 1917, he was drafted into the Railway and Forestry Company in Sudbury, Ontario. At the time of enlisting, he was married to Annie Chester, and they had seven girls and one boy who was killed in action in World War II. Henry sailed for England on August 11, 1917, and after arriving he was sent to work in Scotland. He was discharged on June 18, 1919, and returned to St. Joseph Island where in the 1921 Census he was listed as a farmer. Henry passed away on July 15, 1943, in Richards Landing, St. Joseph Island and is buried in the St. Joseph Township Cemetery. WILKINSON, Fred Hosea Barton Fred Hosea BartonWilkinson was born in Markham, Ontario on January 15, 1898, to George Wilkinson and Emily Rutter. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on November 15, 1915, with the 74th Overseas Battalion, and sailed with his unit on March 29, 1916, to Liverpool aboard the H.M.T. Empress of Britain. On April 9, he arrived in France and was transferred to the 43rd Infantry Battalion, the Cameron Highlanders. Fred arrived at the front lines late during the evening of June 10, one of 101 reinforcements to arrive that day, and just in time to experience the successful final days of the Battle of Mount Sorrel. It was while defending the trenches in that same region on August 21, 1916, Fred was killed in action during a phase of the Battle of The Somme. He was 18 years old. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, a monument for soldiers whose graves are not known, in Ypres, Belgium. WILLIAMS, Russell Russell was born in Milverton, Ontario on February 26, 1892, to Daniel and Eva (Sherk) Williams. He graduated from high school and taught public school in Galt while taking art classes at Toronto University. In Galt, on February 22, 1916, he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Red Cross Medical Corps. He was sent to the London Military School for training, after which he was commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant, attached to the 111th Battalion and sent overseas to Liverpool, England. He was taken on strength with the 19th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment on October 26, 1916 and immediately shipped to France and on to the front lines to join his new unit on November 2, 1916. He fought through Vimy Ridge and was in the trenches at Fresnoy where he was killed instantly on May 9, 1917. John is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery in France. Lieutenant Russell Williams is commemorated on page 350 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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