The
following transcription is of a page 1 article in the 29 Oct 1916
issue of the Simcoe Reformer. [Some paragraph breaks inserted by
the
transcriber]
"MISSING"
Mr. Simeon Alward received
yesterday morning a telegram from Ottawa as follows:
"Pte. Clarence Cecil Alward,
missing since October 8th."
Young Alward, who is well known
in Simcoe, where he lived, enlisted with the 9th Battalion on July
4th for overseas, but was drafted in September to a unit serving
in the trenches. On October 8th he had been in the
fighting "about a fortnight."
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The
following transcription is of a page 12 item in the 7 Jun 1917
issue of the Simcoe Reformer.
All efforts on
the part of the authorities to discover any trace of Private Cecil
Alward, reported missing eight months ago, having failed, he has
officially been reported dead.
He was known to have been
wounded 8 Oct 1916, and although his chums made a search for him
as soon as the opportunity offered, their efforts were unrewarded.
Neither the hospital authorities nor the Red Cross Headquarters
have been able to supply any information.
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The
following transcription is of a page 1 article in the 21 Jun 1917
issue of the Simcoe Reformer.
Norfolk
Casualties
Pte. Cecil Allward, son of
Mr. Simeon Allward [sic] of Simcoe, reported missing in
October, is now officially reported as "believed to be
dead."
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see Cecil's Attestation paper: side
1 | side
2
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C. Cecil Alward
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