Name
Claud Ambrose Proctor
1 June, 1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
103163
Canadian Infantry
102nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
H. 21.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Knebworth memorials(*1)
Pre War
Born 1 June, 1890 in Knebworth(*1) son of the late Frank Proctor, Consulting Engineer, by his wife, Lady Florence (7, Leighton Mansions, West Kensington, London, W.), daughter of the Hon. W. Beresford Annesley.
He was educated at Worksop College, and Bedford Grammar School went to Canada in April, 1910, and settled at Pander Island, British Columbia.
Wartime Service
Private, 102nd Battn. Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
He enlisted in the 67th Western Scots in Sept. 1915, then transferred to the 102nd Infantry Battn. in North British Columbia; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17 Aug. 1916, and died at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station 10 Aug. 1917, of wounds received in action at Bruay.
His Commanding Officer wrote : “Your son was one of our bravest and best soldiers, and a. boy that any mother could well be very proud of for his many good qualities and. virtues, and we all mourn his loss.”
Additional Information
*1 Recorded as born in Knebworth, but is not clear whether this was ‘Old’ or ‘New’ Knebworth or indeed perhaps recorded as the nearest 'large' town to Codicote.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners, Jonty Wild
