WW1 Service Files
Date:
1 Jun 1876
to
15 Sep 1916
Location: France
Surnames/tags: Loghrin Jeffrey Monteith
Location: France
Surnames/tags: Loghrin Jeffrey Monteith
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Summary of WW1 Service for Sam Loghrin and Don Jeffrey
Sam and Don were half brothers; both were sons of Fanny Monteith.
Sam was born on June 1, 1876 in Eramosa Township; Don was born Feb. 8, 1894 in Stratford.
| Date | Re: | Note | Reference |
| Nov 4, 1914 | Sam | Noted as his enlistment date in service records | Service Records |
| 1915 | ********** | ||
| Apr 29 | 18th | Arrive at West Sanding Camp, Shorncliffe, Kent, England | War Diary |
| May 7 | Sam | "...Loghrin, ... report to O.C. 17th Batt. for" Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting at Napier Barracks, Shorncliffe. | War Diary |
| May 20 | Sam | Signed up having served 17 years with 28th Perth Infantry and 1 year with 21st Essex | Attestation papers |
| Jul 16 | Don | Enlisted at Niagara as Private to 37th Bat. and transferred to 17th Reserve Batt. | S.R. & W.D. |
| Sep 1 | Don | Transferred to 18th Batt. ; Sam and Don are now together. | S.R. & W.D. |
| Sep 14 | 18th | Embark for France; about 10:55 pm "struck by friendly destroyer. No damage" | War Diary |
| Sep 15 | 18th | 4:55 am Arr. Boulogne, France and marched to rest camp | War Diary |
| Sep 15 | 18th | 5:00 pm marched to B-station and entrained; Arr. Omer, France 10:00 pm. Marched to Renescure: Arr. 2:00 am Sep 16. | War Diary |
| Sep. 16 | 18th | Dep. Renescure and marched to Eecke, France. Arr. 7:00 pm. Sep 17 inspected and addressed by Maj. Gen. Alderson. | W.D. & Alderson Paper |
| Sep. 19 | 18th | Inspected by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught. | War Diary |
| Sep 21 | 18th | Lv. Eecke and march to Dranouter, Belgium via Bailleul | War Diary |
| 18th | Arr. at 5:00 pm. "D Company were sent to R E Farm as working party", east of Dranouter - close to Ypres. | War Diary | |
| Sep 25 | 18th | Batt. called out to Reserve Trenches (first time in trenches) | War Diary |
| 18th | Batt. mans trenches at locations: Ridgewood, Viestraat, La Clyte, Hallebast and R.E. Farms | War Diary | |
| Oct 17 | 18th | "Visited Ypres in the afternoon; it was being shelled." | War Diary |
| Nov 14 | Don | Appointed Lance Corporal in the field. | Service Records |
| Dec 19 | 18th | "Ridgewood - A gas attack was attempted this morning on an Imperial (French) Division (49th). The gas was not thick on our front but sufficient to make the eyes water." | War Diary |
| 1916 | ********** | ||
| Feb 13 | Sam | 9 day leave: returned Feb 23rd. | S.R. & W.D. |
| Mar 27 | 18th | The Battle of St. Eloi Craters begins - 1st major battle of the 2nd Canadian Division (which includes the 18th Battalion) | Battle Record |
| Apr 10 | Don | Gun Shot Wound, left arm severe, during the Battle of St. Eloi Craters | Service Records |
| Apr 15 | Don | Admitted to No. 5 British Red Cross Hospital | Service Records |
| May 11 | Don | Discharged form hospital; rejoined unit on May 22nd | Service Records |
| May 26 | Sam | 9 days leave to Scotland; returned May 31st | S.R. & W.D. |
| Jun 2 | Sam | Ill with influenza: Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO); medical term usually applied to Trench Fever | S.R. & W.D. |
| Jun 4 | Sam | Transferred to No. 12 Casualty Clearing Station (C.S.S.); rejoins unit "In the Field", June 12th | S.R. & W.D. |
| Jun 22 | Don | Promoted to Corporal in the field | Service Records |
| Jul 1 | Sam | Appointed Acting or Temporary Major whilst commanding a company - order dated Oct. 10, 1916 | Service Records |
| Jul 9 | Don | Made a will leaving everything to his parents | Service Records |
| Aug 24 | 18th | March to Steenvoorde, France “4th Canadian Brigade move as a whole” | War Diary |
| Aug 26 | 18th | March through France: Cassel, Noordpeene, Millian?, Watten, Nordasques, Tournehem. Arr. Aug. 28 | War Diary |
| Aug 30 | 18th | Issued with Lee Enfield rifles in place of Ross Mark III. (Underlined in diary!) | War Diary |
| Sep 4 | 18th | Train to Auxi-le-Chateau. March to: Cramont, Bonneville?, Hérissart, Vadindourt, Albert. Arr. Sept. 9 | War Diary |
| Sep 14 | 18th | Moved in fighting order from Brickfields. Took up position on right of frontage allotted to 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade. 18th on the right, 20th centre, 21st left. | War Diary |
| Sep 15 | 18th | “6:24 am Battalion attacked German front and second lines” | War Diary |
| Sep 15 | Samuel Loghrin and Donald Jeffrey killed in action on the first day of Battle of Flers-Courcelette | S.R. & W.D. |
- Credit to Michael Jeffrey Loghrin who did much of the research for this record.
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