William Frederick Cartwright
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Private Cartwright was living with widowed
grandmother (Mrs. Candace Henderson is shown as his "Foster
Mother") in Milton when he enlisted in the 164th Battalion
in April 1916. His mother is shown as Mary Armstrong of Highland
Creek, Ontario. In May 1917 he was taken on strength as an Acting Lance
Corporal with the 2nd Reserve Battalion, apparently during the
period during the conceptualization of the 5th Canadian
Division. He then moved back to the 164th, at his own request,
as a Private. Eventually he joined the Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.) on March 29, 1918.
Private Cartwright was killed in action on August 26, 1918
while serving with the PPCLI in the final days as the CEF moved
from Arras
to Amiens. They were to open up the Arras to Albert Railway.
Cartwright received the Military Medal for bravery, in
addition to his service medals. |
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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