Can you help please Help me try and find his sons my Gr/Unl Harold Edward Skinner and family emigrated to Winnipeg Manitoba he enlisted in 1915 and was at Stonewall Manitoba When he in listed under Edward Skinner, i have records of this.
I have him on the 1911 Census for Winnipeg, his wife Emily was from ireland born 1877 and Harold was born in 1877 england poss date +- 5 years.
their first son Harold Edward Skinner born in the UK, his 2nd Patrick F Skinner born in the UK, thy are on the 1911 Census with sisters and the last address i have for Harold is Just the towns name Stonewall.
can you help me please with any info thanks ke
new info from re
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Edward Skinner Number 721224 enlist 11 Dec 1915
and i can not find much on the 108th ,
108th Infantry Battalion: Selkirk and Manitoba Battalion
108th (Selkirk and Manitoba) Bn. Absorbed by the Canadian Reserve Bns.
108th Batt Lt.-Col. G.H. Bradbury 18-9-16 32 843 Selkirk, Man.
108th Olympic 18/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916
on the ship the Olympic also;
107th Olympic 19/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916
107th Batt Lt.-Col. Glen Campbell. 18-9-16 32 965 Winnipeg
13th Bde CFA Olympic 18/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916
No. 6 Siege Battery Olympic 18/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916
144th Olympic 18/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916 Web
144th Batt Lt.-Col. A.W. Mor1ey 18-9-16 29 962 Winnipeg
97th Olympic 19/09/1916 Halifax Liverpool 25/09/1916 Web
97th Batt Lt.-Col. A.B. Clark 18-9-16 31 798 Toronto_
can you please help me find the 108th thank you
yours
Kevin angell
Hey Kevin-
I can offer a little more;
108th Battalion; Selkirk Overseas; Selkirk, Manitoba
mobilization authorized Nov. 4, 1915 in MD No. 10, G.O. 151.d/22-12-1915
embarked 18-9-1916
Left Canada from Halifax 19-9-1916, S,S. Olympic
Strength on leaving Canada 32 officers, 843 OR's
C/O G.H. Bradbury18-9-1916 to 15-12-1916
arrived England 25-9-1916 at Liverpool
arrived Witley Camp 25-9-1916
Recieved 251 OR's from 183 Battalion, Nov 1, 1916
Used as reinforcing unit until 10-1-1917 when absorbed by the 14th Reserve Battalion under Lt. Col. I.R. Snider,
14th Reserve Batt. absorbed by the 11th Reserve Batt, 15-9-1917 under Lt. Col Walker
disbanded 15-9-1920.
Here is the camp they trained at just east of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Borden Battery
Camp Hughes Under Threat - Archaeological Protection Plan
Camp Hughes (formerly Camp Sewell, circa 1910) near Brandon, Manitoba (not to be confused with Camp Shilo) was utilized to train over 40,000 men for the CEF in the Great War. This 2004 document is a William Galbraith master's thesis [227 pages] from the University of Manitoba. It provides some excellent background, historic and modern photographs including aerial, maps and detailed discussions regarding the preservation of this unique historic Canadian military training base in western Manitoba. [A Broznitsky Recommendation][CEF Study Group - Feb 2006]
http://www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/natural_resources/canadaresearchchair/thesis/wgalbraith%20masters%20thesis%202004.pdf very good blog site for the ww 1
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and also a big thank you to all that have helped me
kevin
