Lance Corporal William Norman Steeds, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Born on 18 December 1915 in Chesley, Ontario and died from an accident on 8 August 1943.
William served as a driver in the 1st Canadian Heavy Recovery Section. On the 5th of August 1943 he was cleaning out the fuse box of a truck with a petrol soaked rag. Suddenly he screamed: "Fire!" and flames were seen in the cabin of the truck. A tin right below the fuse box had caught fire and William tried to remove the tin. While doing this he burnt his hand which caused the tin to drop and splash him with the liquid inside it. The flames enveloped and William tried to beat the flames out and rolled himself on the ground to smother the flames. With multiple burns he was rushed to a hospital in Scordia where he succumbed of his wounds on the 8th of August.
William was buried outside Scordia and later reburied at Agira.
William lived in Chesley, Ontario with his parents and brother. His brother was a Lieutenant serving overseas with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. While being in England William met Lillian Dobbyn of Sutton, Surrey which he married on 30 May 1942.
William enlisted on 5 June 1940 in London, Ontario.
William served as a driver in the 1st Canadian Heavy Recovery Section. On the 5th of August 1943 he was cleaning out the fuse box of a truck with a petrol soaked rag. Suddenly he screamed: "Fire!" and flames were seen in the cabin of the truck. A tin right below the fuse box had caught fire and William tried to remove the tin. While doing this he burnt his hand which caused the tin to drop and splash him with the liquid inside it. The flames enveloped and William tried to beat the flames out and rolled himself on the ground to smother the flames. With multiple burns he was rushed to a hospital in Scordia where he succumbed of his wounds on the 8th of August.
William was buried outside Scordia and later reburied at Agira.
William lived in Chesley, Ontario with his parents and brother. His brother was a Lieutenant serving overseas with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. While being in England William met Lillian Dobbyn of Sutton, Surrey which he married on 30 May 1942.
William enlisted on 5 June 1940 in London, Ontario.
Lance Corporal William Norman Steeds, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Born on 18 December 1915 in Chesley, Ontario and died from an accident on 8 August 1943.
William served as a driver in the 1st Canadian Heavy Recovery Section. On the 5th of August 1943 he was cleaning out the fuse box of a truck with a petrol soaked rag. Suddenly he screamed: "Fire!" and flames were seen in the cabin of the truck. A tin right below the fuse box had caught fire and William tried to remove the tin. While doing this he burnt his hand which caused the tin to drop and splash him with the liquid inside it. The flames enveloped and William tried to beat the flames out and rolled himself on the ground to smother the flames. With multiple burns he was rushed to a hospital in Scordia where he succumbed of his wounds on the 8th of August.
William was buried outside Scordia and later reburied at Agira.
William lived in Chesley, Ontario with his parents and brother. His brother was a Lieutenant serving overseas with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. While being in England William met Lillian Dobbyn of Sutton, Surrey which he married on 30 May 1942.
William enlisted on 5 June 1940 in London, Ontario.
William served as a driver in the 1st Canadian Heavy Recovery Section. On the 5th of August 1943 he was cleaning out the fuse box of a truck with a petrol soaked rag. Suddenly he screamed: "Fire!" and flames were seen in the cabin of the truck. A tin right below the fuse box had caught fire and William tried to remove the tin. While doing this he burnt his hand which caused the tin to drop and splash him with the liquid inside it. The flames enveloped and William tried to beat the flames out and rolled himself on the ground to smother the flames. With multiple burns he was rushed to a hospital in Scordia where he succumbed of his wounds on the 8th of August.
William was buried outside Scordia and later reburied at Agira.
William lived in Chesley, Ontario with his parents and brother. His brother was a Lieutenant serving overseas with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. While being in England William met Lillian Dobbyn of Sutton, Surrey which he married on 30 May 1942.
William enlisted on 5 June 1940 in London, Ontario.
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Lance Corporal, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Age: Unknown.
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