The
following is from a page 1 article in the 30 Aug 1917 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Casualty
List Tells
of Severe Fighting
Those Canadian Regiments that for
the past fortnight have been battling so bravely for the
possession of Lena, must have contained quite a sprinkling of
Norfolk soldiers. The casualties, that began to arrive Saturday,
are much the heaviest since Vimy Ridge.
In contrast to what happened
then, however, the fatalities are far less in proportion to
wounded. It will be remembered that in the taking of Vimy Ridge
more Norfolk boys lost their lives than were reported wounded.
So far we have noted the
following:
Killed in
Action
796182 -- Pte. Ernest Christian
Quanbury, of Woodhouse.
797557 -- Pte. W. Cade of Windham.
Died of Wounds
[796873] -- Private Arthur Henry
Lane, of Simcoe.
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The
following is from the same source.
PRIVATE
WALTER CADE
Killed in Action.
Private Cade was a young
Englishman who had been in Norfolk for some time. For two years
prior to his enlisting he had worked for Mr. Clarence Silverhorne
of Teeterville. The only relative in Canada that he had was a
sister. A brother is in the Imperial Army and has been wounded
twice. While in Simcoe Private Walter Cade lived with Mrs. Fred
Marr, North Ward.
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The
following is from a page 1 article in the 13 Sep 1917 issue of
the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Three
Teeterville Chums
Meet Heroes' Deaths
These brave boys -- Private Frank
Hill, Private Walter Cade, and Private Lloyd B. Lewis -- all
members of
"D" Company of the 133rd Battalion, and all belonging in
Teeterville, have been killed in action.
Hill and Lewis were natives of
Windham. Cade, an Englishman, had lived [in Teeterville] long
enough to look upon it as home.
Lewis had gone west, but came
back to Norfolk to enlist with his chums in the county unit.
While the 133rd trained here they
lived together with Mrs. Fred Marr, Colborne Street north.
They went to England together, stayed there together;
they crossed to France to the same battalion, and somewhere there
they found soldier's graves within a few days of one another.
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The
following is a partial transcription of the Teeterville column on page
5 of the 13 Sep 1917 issue of
the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Word was received last
week that three of the boys from this village, Frank Hill, Walter
Cade and Lloyd Lewis, had paid the supreme sacrifice. A memorial
service was held in the church of Sunday evening, conducted by our
pastor, Rev. Mr. Voaden, assisted by Rev. Mr. Russ.
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Also
see Walter's Attestation paper: side
1 | side
2
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Walter Cade
Photo from microfilm
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