George Bates

Port Coquitlam Cenotaph

Virtual Memorial for George Bates

George Bates, British Columbia Regiment 29^th Battalion   75527  Enlisted on the12^th of November 1914.  Service File: PDF
Born  22^nd of August 1887 Toronto, Ontario.  machinist.

FATHER: Norman  Bates
MOTHER: Sally,   of Mena, Arkansas

WIFE: Katherine “Kate” she moved to Holland Cottage, Denbigh, North Wales; then appears to have moved back to B.C.

Died in hospital on the 31^st of August 1915, at 9:20 A.M., age 28. He is buried at the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent, England.  Cause of death was, Peritonitis, on autopsy showed a perforated gastric ulcer

NOTE:  The virtual memorial mentions that he was married to a Katherine Dacre, in 1912; but the information on the marriage certificate does not match this George Bates, in numerous instances.
Katherine Bates ( 1882 – 1959 ) 
DAUGHTER: Doris M. Grant

David Edmund Baird

Port Coquitlam cenotaph

Port Coquitlam cenotaph, western side plinth

David Edmund Baird  29^th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment.
      Signed his attestation papers on the 11^th of November 1914 at Vancouver, B.C.   75565   laborer. David was born on the 14^th of May 1895, in Quebec

  "Killed in Action" on the 13^th of August 1916 while his unit was in the St. Eloi Sector.
  David is buried at Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderan, Belgium.     Virtual Memorial for David Edmund Baird

MOTHER: Mary Jane Peever, Mary Jane Baird 1870 – 1943
FATHER: William John Baird

BROTHER: B or E. Baird
SISTER: Susan Ann Baird , Susan Ann Cook  14 June 900 Thornby, Quebec – 1988

NOTE: Sadly very little appears to be known about this fellow.