GILBERT Ella: The Relatives of Frederick Lionel WALTER

Generation: 1

GILBERT Ella was born 2 Sep 1865, MI; died 16 Jul 1938, London, Middlesex ONT.

Other Events:

Military: Ella SANDERS re-married on 27 Mar 1902, Jabez John Vanstone MILLSON at Middlesex ONT.

Ella married SANDERS William 8 Jun 1887, Middlesex Co. ONT. William (son of SANDERS Richard and SANDERS Jane) was born Abt 1863, ONT; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. SANDERS Victor was born 24 May 1889, Exeter, Huron ONT; died 27 Jun 1918, Atlantic Ocean; was buried , Remembered on the Halifax Memorial NS..

Generation: 2

SANDERS Victor

(1.Ella¹) was born 24 May 1889, Exeter, Huron ONT; died 27 Jun 1918, Atlantic Ocean; was buried , Remembered on the Halifax Memorial NS..

Other Events:

Occupation: Drug Clerk (prior to war service)
Military: Between 16 Mar 1916 and 27 Jun 1918; Served during WWI as No. 644708, Private, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Notes:

Military:
Awarded a Good Conduct Badge In Liverpool LAN on 4 Jun 1918.
Only son of William and Ella Millson (formerly Sanders), of Lambeth, Ontario. Pte Sanders is also commemorated on the Masonic War Memorial in Malden Park, Windsor, Ontario.
The Hospital Ship 'Llandovery Castle', bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive. Lest We Forget.

Died:
Kiled in Action when the Hospital Ship 'Llandovery Castle' was torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86. Lest We Forget.