Wesley, the seventh child and fifth son of Daniel and Elizabeth, was born at West Wawanosh Township, Belfast Ontario. When a baby, Wesley, with his parents, brothers and sisters, went north to the Algoma Area.
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth White in Ontario and they had nine children (the last two were twins).About two years later, his mother Elizabeth died having twins and shortly after this, his father Daniel, abandoned his Family and went West to British Columbia.
Wesley saw service in the First World War. He was conscripted in London, Canada on May 13, 1918, 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry., at age 22 yrs. He was sent over to England. He was quartered at Carling Heights barracks and trained in Valcartier Camp P.Q. Before Wesley went into the army he was living near Goderich,with his Uncle. Mae lived in Harriston and Lucknow during this time.(?)*
*information from:the genealogy of Daniel Alton and Agnes Ruttle and Ancestry.com and personal knowledge of the Family Tree.
http://irishcanadianfamilyhistories.blogspot.ca/
Photos from the Family Shoebox.
http://trees.ancestry.com/view/Military.aspx?tid=5850016&pid=6869459452&vid=28ee5765-86fd-47ab-8ab0-a124d87d240f
John Wesley Alton **
Regimental Number: 3133886
Force: Army-Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 1st depot Battalion,Western Ontario Regiment
Birth: West Wawanosh Township-Huron County Ontario
Next of kin: Joseph Alton-Uncle RR#5,Goderich
Date of birth: 31 May 1896
Trade:farmer
Marital status:single
Prior Military Experience: not specified.
Place of enlistment: London Ontario
Date of enlistment: 13 May 1918
www.canadiangreatwarproject.com
/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=71261 .
Thank you Marc Leroux.**
The fact is that many veterans did indeed take their stories to the grave, for a variety of reasons. Some came home from up to six years of continuous overseas service and simply wished to forget the whole thing, to pick up their lives as best they could.
* Shell shock is a phrase coined in World War I to described the type of PTSD many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD itself was a term).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE107935
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth White in Ontario and they had nine children (the last two were twins).About two years later, his mother Elizabeth died having twins and shortly after this, his father Daniel, abandoned his Family and went West to British Columbia.
Wesley saw service in the First World War. He was conscripted in London, Canada on May 13, 1918, 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry., at age 22 yrs. He was sent over to England. He was quartered at Carling Heights barracks and trained in Valcartier Camp P.Q. Before Wesley went into the army he was living near Goderich,with his Uncle. Mae lived in Harriston and Lucknow during this time.(?)*
*information from:the genealogy of Daniel Alton and Agnes Ruttle and Ancestry.com and personal knowledge of the Family Tree.
http://irishcanadianfamilyhistories.blogspot.ca/
Photos from the Family Shoebox.
http://trees.ancestry.com/view/Military.aspx?tid=5850016&pid=6869459452&vid=28ee5765-86fd-47ab-8ab0-a124d87d240f
John Wesley Alton **
Regimental Number: 3133886
Force: Army-Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 1st depot Battalion,Western Ontario Regiment
Birth: West Wawanosh Township-Huron County Ontario
Next of kin: Joseph Alton-Uncle RR#5,Goderich
Date of birth: 31 May 1896
Trade:farmer
Marital status:single
Prior Military Experience: not specified.
Place of enlistment: London Ontario
Date of enlistment: 13 May 1918
www.canadiangreatwarproject.com
/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=71261 .
Thank you Marc Leroux.**
The fact is that many veterans did indeed take their stories to the grave, for a variety of reasons. Some came home from up to six years of continuous overseas service and simply wished to forget the whole thing, to pick up their lives as best they could.
* Shell shock is a phrase coined in World War I to described the type of PTSD many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD itself was a term).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE107935
Wesley, the seventh child and fifth son of Daniel and Elizabeth, was born at West Wawanosh Township, Belfast Ontario. When a baby, Wesley, with his parents, brothers and sisters, went north to the Algoma Area.
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth White in Ontario and they had nine children (the last two were twins).About two years later, his mother Elizabeth died having twins and shortly after this, his father Daniel, abandoned his Family and went West to British Columbia.
Wesley saw service in the First World War. He was conscripted in London, Canada on May 13, 1918, 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry., at age 22 yrs. He was sent over to England. He was quartered at Carling Heights barracks and trained in Valcartier Camp P.Q. Before Wesley went into the army he was living near Goderich,with his Uncle. Mae lived in Harriston and Lucknow during this time.(?)*
*information from:the genealogy of Daniel Alton and Agnes Ruttle and Ancestry.com and personal knowledge of the Family Tree.
http://irishcanadianfamilyhistories.blogspot.ca/
Photos from the Family Shoebox.
http://trees.ancestry.com/view/Military.aspx?tid=5850016&pid=6869459452&vid=28ee5765-86fd-47ab-8ab0-a124d87d240f
John Wesley Alton **
Regimental Number: 3133886
Force: Army-Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 1st depot Battalion,Western Ontario Regiment
Birth: West Wawanosh Township-Huron County Ontario
Next of kin: Joseph Alton-Uncle RR#5,Goderich
Date of birth: 31 May 1896
Trade:farmer
Marital status:single
Prior Military Experience: not specified.
Place of enlistment: London Ontario
Date of enlistment: 13 May 1918
www.canadiangreatwarproject.com
/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=71261 .
Thank you Marc Leroux.**
The fact is that many veterans did indeed take their stories to the grave, for a variety of reasons. Some came home from up to six years of continuous overseas service and simply wished to forget the whole thing, to pick up their lives as best they could.
* Shell shock is a phrase coined in World War I to described the type of PTSD many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD itself was a term).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE107935
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth White in Ontario and they had nine children (the last two were twins).About two years later, his mother Elizabeth died having twins and shortly after this, his father Daniel, abandoned his Family and went West to British Columbia.
Wesley saw service in the First World War. He was conscripted in London, Canada on May 13, 1918, 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry., at age 22 yrs. He was sent over to England. He was quartered at Carling Heights barracks and trained in Valcartier Camp P.Q. Before Wesley went into the army he was living near Goderich,with his Uncle. Mae lived in Harriston and Lucknow during this time.(?)*
*information from:the genealogy of Daniel Alton and Agnes Ruttle and Ancestry.com and personal knowledge of the Family Tree.
http://irishcanadianfamilyhistories.blogspot.ca/
Photos from the Family Shoebox.
http://trees.ancestry.com/view/Military.aspx?tid=5850016&pid=6869459452&vid=28ee5765-86fd-47ab-8ab0-a124d87d240f
John Wesley Alton **
Regimental Number: 3133886
Force: Army-Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 1st depot Battalion,Western Ontario Regiment
Birth: West Wawanosh Township-Huron County Ontario
Next of kin: Joseph Alton-Uncle RR#5,Goderich
Date of birth: 31 May 1896
Trade:farmer
Marital status:single
Prior Military Experience: not specified.
Place of enlistment: London Ontario
Date of enlistment: 13 May 1918
www.canadiangreatwarproject.com
/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=71261 .
Thank you Marc Leroux.**
The fact is that many veterans did indeed take their stories to the grave, for a variety of reasons. Some came home from up to six years of continuous overseas service and simply wished to forget the whole thing, to pick up their lives as best they could.
* Shell shock is a phrase coined in World War I to described the type of PTSD many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD itself was a term).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE107935
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