Pte
George Sims Angus Wilcox
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 07/03/1884 |
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Place of birth: Castleton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada |
General information
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Last known residence: 26 Bright Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Profession: Station engineer |
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Religion: Methodist |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 670040 |
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Enlistment date: 27/03/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 12th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 30/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Tyne Cottage, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 33 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 32. |
Points of interest 4
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Last known residence | ||
| #3 | Enlistment place | ||
| #4 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10351 - 24). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 12th Canadian Machine Gun Company (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4984, Microfilm reel number: T-10815, File number: 612). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1597051 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=1cdb9889-495c-42c9-9436-75fdbe5dc1b0 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5788891 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1597051 |
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A Street Near You https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1597051/ |