 1888 - 1953 (~ 65 years)
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| Name |
Mount, Wilfred Rowland |
| Born |
Abt. 1888 |
Reading, Berkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Mar 1953 |
Alberta, Canada |
| Person ID |
I10488 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 Oct 2012 |
| Father |
Mount, Reginald Crook, b. Abt. 1850, Of Hagley, Worcestershire, England , d. 1934, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Mother |
Clark, Agnes Annie, b. 1858, Tittle Row, Bray, Berkshire, England , d. 1915, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
24 Apr 1879 |
St George Bloomsbury, Camden, London, England |
| Family ID |
F03364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Description(Medals for Sale)
A Great War M.C. group of four to Major W. R. Mount, Royal Engineers, late 9th Canadian Infantry
Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ?Major W. R. Mount, R.E., 1918?; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) good very fine (4) £400-500
Footnote
M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (T. / Capt. (A. / Maj.) (now T. Maj.), 259th Rly Const. Coy., R.E.).
Wilfred Rowland Mount was born in 1888 and educated at Bradfield College and Camborne School of Mines. A mining engineer, he worked as a surveyor of mines on the west coast of Africa in 1910 and then as Assistant Engineer on the Canadian Northern Railway and Assistant Engineer with the City of Edmonton Council. Enlisting with the 101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers in August 1914, he came over to England and entered the French theatre of war on 15 April 1915 as a Sergeant in the 9th Canadian Infantry. He received a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1915, attaining the rank of Major on 1917. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Name: Wilfred Rowland Mount Probate Date: 14 Jan 1955 Death Date: 18 Mar 1953 Death Place: Canada Registry: Edmonton
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