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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieut. Lloyd Clark Linton

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - L.C. Linton

GvR Memorial Cross Lieut. Lloyd Clark Linton

Lieut. Lloyd Clark Linton (1918)

Service:

  • Prior service; 76th Regt. (1 year); 78th Regt. (2 years), Canadian Militia
  • Attested for service with 106th Battalion C.E.F., (Nova Scotia Rifles)
  • 106th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 28 Oct 1915 to 5 Oct 1916
  • 40th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 5 Oct 1916 to 15 Dec 1916
  • C.M.S. 15 Dec 1916 to 28 Feb 1917
  • Gazetted Lieutenant, 28 Feb 1917
  • 26th Reserve Battalion, 28 Feb 1917 to 1 May 1917
  • Joined The R.C.R., 8 May 1917
  • Wounded in action, shot wound to the face, 3 Nov 1917
  • Granted sick leave 10 Nov 1917 to 1 Dec 1917
  • Detached to Nova Scotia Regimental Depot, 22 Dec 1917, on being found unfit to return to France.
  • Taken on strength on arrval from England, 4 Jun 1918
  • Joined The R.C.R. from C.C.R.C., 9 Sep 1918
  • Died 14 Nov 1919 of war related injuries.

Lieut. Linton is buried in the Winnipeg (Elmwood) Cemetery; Manitoba, Canada.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial:  L.C. Linton

Date of Birth - 25 May 1886

CWGC headstone for Lieut. Lloyd Linton

Photo by Alan Gretsinger.

 

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