Joseph Tissington was born in Codnor, Derbyshire, England.
He emigrated to Canada with his parents and some of his siblings in April 1912 and settled in Alberta. Joseph was a farmer and applied for several homestead land grants near Grande Prairie both before and after the First World War.
Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Edmonton, Alberta on 2 November 1916. He did not sail for England until May 1917, and apparently served in England until he was sent to France in May 1918, where he served as a Sapper with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
Although the First World War officially ended on 11 November 1918, Joseph was still serving in France when he applied for leave to go to England on 28 December 1918. While there, he married Frances "Nora" Grainger in Derbyshire on 15 January 1919. He also contracted influenza in February 1919 and was hospitalized for a time. He remained in England until he was struck off strength in June 1919.
He was formally discharged on demobilization on 7 July 1919 in Quebec. His rank was listed as Driver on discharge. Nora had arrived in Canada on a separate ship a week earlier. They resided on Joseph's farm near Grande Prairie, and eventually moved to the city of Grand Prairie. Between 1974 and 1979, Joseph and Nora relocated to British Columbia.
Joseph died on 14 May 1979 at Nanaimo Hospital. A notice of his death was published in the Nanaimo Daily Free Press on 17 May 1979, p. 18.
He emigrated to Canada with his parents and some of his siblings in April 1912 and settled in Alberta. Joseph was a farmer and applied for several homestead land grants near Grande Prairie both before and after the First World War.
Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Edmonton, Alberta on 2 November 1916. He did not sail for England until May 1917, and apparently served in England until he was sent to France in May 1918, where he served as a Sapper with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
Although the First World War officially ended on 11 November 1918, Joseph was still serving in France when he applied for leave to go to England on 28 December 1918. While there, he married Frances "Nora" Grainger in Derbyshire on 15 January 1919. He also contracted influenza in February 1919 and was hospitalized for a time. He remained in England until he was struck off strength in June 1919.
He was formally discharged on demobilization on 7 July 1919 in Quebec. His rank was listed as Driver on discharge. Nora had arrived in Canada on a separate ship a week earlier. They resided on Joseph's farm near Grande Prairie, and eventually moved to the city of Grand Prairie. Between 1974 and 1979, Joseph and Nora relocated to British Columbia.
Joseph died on 14 May 1979 at Nanaimo Hospital. A notice of his death was published in the Nanaimo Daily Free Press on 17 May 1979, p. 18.
Joseph Tissington was born in Codnor, Derbyshire, England.
He emigrated to Canada with his parents and some of his siblings in April 1912 and settled in Alberta. Joseph was a farmer and applied for several homestead land grants near Grande Prairie both before and after the First World War.
Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Edmonton, Alberta on 2 November 1916. He did not sail for England until May 1917, and apparently served in England until he was sent to France in May 1918, where he served as a Sapper with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
Although the First World War officially ended on 11 November 1918, Joseph was still serving in France when he applied for leave to go to England on 28 December 1918. While there, he married Frances "Nora" Grainger in Derbyshire on 15 January 1919. He also contracted influenza in February 1919 and was hospitalized for a time. He remained in England until he was struck off strength in June 1919.
He was formally discharged on demobilization on 7 July 1919 in Quebec. His rank was listed as Driver on discharge. Nora had arrived in Canada on a separate ship a week earlier. They resided on Joseph's farm near Grande Prairie, and eventually moved to the city of Grand Prairie. Between 1974 and 1979, Joseph and Nora relocated to British Columbia.
Joseph died on 14 May 1979 at Nanaimo Hospital. A notice of his death was published in the Nanaimo Daily Free Press on 17 May 1979, p. 18.
He emigrated to Canada with his parents and some of his siblings in April 1912 and settled in Alberta. Joseph was a farmer and applied for several homestead land grants near Grande Prairie both before and after the First World War.
Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Edmonton, Alberta on 2 November 1916. He did not sail for England until May 1917, and apparently served in England until he was sent to France in May 1918, where he served as a Sapper with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
Although the First World War officially ended on 11 November 1918, Joseph was still serving in France when he applied for leave to go to England on 28 December 1918. While there, he married Frances "Nora" Grainger in Derbyshire on 15 January 1919. He also contracted influenza in February 1919 and was hospitalized for a time. He remained in England until he was struck off strength in June 1919.
He was formally discharged on demobilization on 7 July 1919 in Quebec. His rank was listed as Driver on discharge. Nora had arrived in Canada on a separate ship a week earlier. They resided on Joseph's farm near Grande Prairie, and eventually moved to the city of Grand Prairie. Between 1974 and 1979, Joseph and Nora relocated to British Columbia.
Joseph died on 14 May 1979 at Nanaimo Hospital. A notice of his death was published in the Nanaimo Daily Free Press on 17 May 1979, p. 18.
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