George Van Wyck Laughton
Lieutenant George Laughton, M.C. in the Great War of 1914-1919. Enlisted with the 142nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Canada), later the 33rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (England), prior to Officer's Training at Oxford. Upon graduation joined the 26th Northumberland Fusiliers (34th Division, British 3rd Army). Awarded Military Cross for action at Arras (Vimy) in 1917 and subsequent action and wounding at Passchendaele. For details: http://george1897.ancestors.laughton.tel/ or contact me at cefmatrix.gmail.com.
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Service in the Great War
1911 -1921 | Canada, England and France
George Van Wyck Laughton, M.C.
Regimental Number 82130
June 1911 - June 1914: 26th Middlesex Regiment
December 1915: 7th Regiment Canadian Fusiliers
1915: 142nd Canadian Overseas Battalion
1916: 32nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
1917: BEF 3rd Army, 34th Division 26th Northumberland Fusiliers
Additional details on Grandfather Laughton's military service has now been added to the site to cover his time in the Militia, his early days in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and finally his transfer from the CEF to BEF accept an Officers Commission in the Imperial Army.
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