Cpl. David Arnold Gill, 189620 Rodney, ON Born 18/11/1891 Son of Wm. and A. Gill Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: "Enl. Dec. 9, 1915. Served in Canada 91st Battalion; England 12th Reserve; France 2nd Battalion. Battles: Somme, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens. Killed at Amiens Aug. 8, 1918". Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: FR 425 2 BN. See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=189620+&interval=20
Lieut. Albert N. Baker, RAF Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Son of Adam and Annie Paschan Baker. Enlisted Dec. 1916. Served in Canada Royal Air Force; England Royal Air Force; France Royal Air Force. Missing in Action Apr. 25, 1918 and Presumed Dead”. Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: MR 20, 73 Sq RAF.
Pte. George Searle, 400576 R. R. #2, Rodney, ON Born 10/04/1889 Enl. St. Thomas, ON. Jan 23, 1915. Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Killed in Action” Listed in West Elgin at War, by Harley Lashbrook: pg. 274 From St. Thomas Daily Times: May 21, 1917. “The flag floated at half mast Saturday, when word was received that Pte. George Searle, who enlisted with a London battalion early in the war, had been killed in action in France. Pte. Searle had been wounded twice before and also reported killed but after some time was heard from again. At the time of enlisting he was employed as a farm hand on the farm of George Hillman, Furnival Road.” Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: MR 23, 1 BN. See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=tl166ljpqcjjg07rebp9t539s4&q1=&q2=&q3=400576&interval=20
Pte. John William Platt, 189526 R. R. #2, Rodney, ON. Born 03/11/1899 Enl. St. Thomas, ON. Nov. 18, 1915. Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Served in Canada 91st Battalion; England 3rd Reserve; France 18th Battalion. Killed at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917”. S/O Wm. J. H/O R. Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: MR 23, 18 BN. Listed in Nominal Roll 91st Overseas Battalion: "C" Company See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=189526&interval=20
