Pte
Joseph Cyril Verity

Information about birth

Date of birth:
12/07/1887
Place of birth:
East Witton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

General information

Last known residence:
Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada
Profession:
Farmer
Religion:
Methodist

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
687129
Enlistment place:
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Units:
 —  Canadian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
01/11/1917
Place of death:
Dump House, Passchendaele, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
30

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: Panel 30, 32.

Points of interest 4

#1 Place of birth
#2 Last known residence
#3 Enlistment place
#4 Place of death (approximate)

Files 4

Sources 8

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG12).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG13).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
Johnston, Chalmers, The 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Horse) in France and Flanders : 1914 - 1919 (Ontario, CEF Books, 2003).
Sources used
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9932 - 13).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War diaries: 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles. (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4947, Microfilm reel number: T-10755, File number: 465).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 149).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG150, 1992-1993/314, Box 39-244; Box: 130).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
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