Lance Corporal
Josiah Cleator
Military Details
Service Number: 826096
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Army Troops Coy Canadian Engineers
Enlisted
17th February 1916
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
17/2/1916
Place of Enlistment
Victoria , B.C.
Residence at Enlistment
17 16 Duchess st, Victoria, British Colombia
Rank at Enlistment
Lance Corporal
Battalion at Enlistment
5th army Troops Coy
Service Number at Enlistment
826096
Service History
Transfer Details
Battalion Transferred To
Egremont E Co 5th Btn. Border Regiment Prior to the war
Personal Details
Date of Birth
12 Jan 1886
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Address
2215 Shakespeare Street, Victoria , BC
Residence (Roll of Honour)
2215 Shakespeare Street, Victoria , BC
Parents
Thomas and Isabella Cleator/Nee Joughin
Siblings
Thomas Henry, John Richard
Married
Emma Elizabeth Cleator/Nee Holmes
Family Connection
Husband of Emma Cleator
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Plumber
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
9th November 1917
Age at Death
36
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
3rd Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Canadian Engineers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th Army Troops Coy
Rank at Death
Lance Corporal
Buried or Commemorated at
Belgium
Belgium
Grave Position: XXII. AA. 16.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Methodist Church Cleator Moor
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