Pte Herbert Proctor, 1916

Pte PROCTOR, Herbert P.

799578 Pte Herbert Morris Proctor, Killed in Action, 09 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge, serving in No. 1 Company, 15th Battalion. Proctor’s middle name is recorded as “P” on his Record of Service Card and on the Vimy Cross marking the graves of Proctor and other Highlanders. Proctor’s parents had added the middle name of Morris (his father’s surname) some time after his birth.

NOK: Son of Joseph and Martha Proctor; husband of Alice Ann Proctor, of 736, Lorne Avenue, London, Ontario, born in Bolton, England

Alice Ann (Greenhalgh) Proctor (W) 159 Pape Ave, Toronto, ON. Married 1903 in Bolton, England.

Proctor was born in Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire in England and emigrated to Canada to live in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Era(s)
  • 1914 - 1919 (WW 1)
Unit(s)
15th Bn (WW 1)
Previous unit
134th Bn
Date of attestation
24-Jan-1916
Date Taken on Strength
06-Dec-1916
Date struck off strength
09-Apr-1917
Service number
799578
Fate
Killed in action
Date of death
09-Apr-1917
Cemetery or memorial name
NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY, THELUS
Grave or panel reference
Arras Road Cem. Mem. 25.
Cemetery or memorial country
France
Age on date of death
35

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