Profile image
Military service
Service number:
541523
Age:
29
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
11th Field Coy.
Birth:
January 8, 1888
Grafton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 12.
Additional information
Son of George and Effie Chisholm, of Port Hope, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Alexander Chisholm
-
Photo of William Alexander Chisholm
Image and story taken from the McMaster University Monthly, 1917, Graduation edition. Submitted by Padre Phil Miller, Br #25, Royal Canadian Legion, Sault Ste. Marie, On. We Will Remember Them. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 119 of 1068.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Alexander Chisholm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.