William James Cuttle (1896)

Born 8 Apr 1896 in Riverside, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Christina Dorothy (Aitken) Cuttle — married 16 Jul 1927 in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Bill's mother died when he was three years old. And his father died when he was twelve. He ended up living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada near the home of his aunt Maude and her husband George Herbert Wood, a Canadian financier. In 1911, he was actually staying with some of Herb's cousins and their mother who had just moved from Britain after the death of their father.^[1]
By 1915, when he enlisted in the CEF, he was living at 73 South Drive in Toronto with Herb and Maude. He was assigned to the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion where he served 34 months in France, suffering damage to his hearing. On October 30, 1917, he was awarded the Field Medal for Bravery. He returned to Toronto when his unit was demobilized in 1919.^[2]
In 1927, he married Christina Aitken in Toronto.^[3]

Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force, Divisional Cyclist 3rd Reinforcing Draft 1915^[4]

Regimental No: 540509

Rank: Private

Name: Cuttle, William James

Former Corps: Nil

Name of Next of Kin: Wood, George H.

Address of Next of Kin: 73 South Drive, Toronto, Ont.

Country of Birth: U.S.A.

Taken on Strength: Toronto on Nov. 19, 1915.

EMBARKATION^[5]

Port: Halifax, N.S.

Ship: S.S. "Missanabie"

Date: Jan. 22nd, 1916.

Sources

1. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, District Number: 125, Sub-district: 27 - Ward 1, Toronto East, Ontario; Page: 18; Family No: 179.
2. ↑ Canada. "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)." Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930 - 35. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Regiment Number: 40-509.
3. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 797, York, 1927.
4. ↑ http://data2.archives.ca/e/e444/e011087842.pdf
5. ↑ http://data2.archives.ca/e/e444/e011087842.pdf