BWM. 38th & 109th Canadian Infantry. Bruce H Warburton. Lumberman, Cobowick. Wounded thumb

Ww1 British War Medal on short tatty original ribbon named to.

724636 a sjt b h Warburton 38 can inf .

Bruce Hastings Warburton was born 3rd November 1883 at London.,England.

He arrived in Canada in 1907 being a lumbernan by occupation living at cobowick, ontario.

He enlisted into the 109th ( Victoria & Hailburton ) Battalion canadian infantry 30th November 1915 .

The battalion when upgrading arrived in France was used as replacements for other units, Bruce was transferred to the 38th Royal Ottawa battalion cef.

He was admitted to East general hospital I Cambridge with a wounded thumb ( accident) .

He married lizzie marguerite in 1917 and she lived at beauchene, fox Hill, Upper Norwood, London.

1939 he was living at 32 Braco bracondale Rd, Woolwich working as a heavy worker at a factory blending and mixing cattle feed .

He died in London in 1952.