Pte
Walter Lawson Ruddy
Information about birth
Date of birth: 11/04/1890 |
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 489803 |
Units: — Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 30/10/1917 |
Age: 27 |
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 10 L |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8537 - 19). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4912, Microfilm reel number: T-10703, File number: 347. https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1595752 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=3b1e79f8-e320-4030-8250-8bcfbd411d89 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6082631 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595752 |