Corporal or bombardier / Gunner 4th Brigade,
Registration # 83772
Lat. 42°56’48.47″ / Long 81°38’08.50″ ( A.28.6S )
Cephas Lawrence Green was born on February 24, 1891, in Warley, Essex, England. He was married to Catherine Green, who was living on Simpson Ave. in Mimico, near Toronto. He attested on April 13, 1915, at the age of 24 years, 2 months. He was 5′ 6″ tall, weighed 142 pounds, had a medium complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He recorded that his religious affiliation was the Church of England. His occupation was a fireman. Before enlisting he had previous experience for 2 1/2 years in a military force.
He left Canada on the S.S. Missanabie on May 20, 1915. He landed in England on May 30, 1915, and embarked at Southampton for France on September 15, 1915. His original corps was the Queen Surrey Regiment. He was transferred to the 14th Battery, 4th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division
On November 4, 1915, he was placed on the casualty list at Divisional Rest Station, No. 6 Field Ambulance, with influenza. He was discharged back to duty on November 9, 1915, and rejoined his unit, which was the 14th Battery, 4th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division. On February 6, 1916, he was admitted to the No. 3, Canadian Field Ambulance, again with influenza, and on February 12, 1916, discharged back to duty.
On April 20, 1916, he was admitted to No. 13 Station Hospital in Boulogne, France, as a result of “Shell cont. Face Slt.” [Shell contusion to face]. On the 21st was transferred to the No. 1 Conversion Depot again with a shell contusion to the face, and then on the 29th was discharged back to duty. As a bombardier/gunner, he would be exposed to explosive activity resulting from firing off shells at the enemy.
On May 13, 1916, he was admitted to the 2nd Division Rest Station, 6th Field Ambulance, with influenza. On March 12, 1917, he was admitted to the 5th Canadian Field Ambulance (for unstated reasons) and was discharged on March 16th. The discharged note indicates that he had “coryza”, which is an infectious inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose (a really bad cold). On May 2, 1917, he was admitted to the 4th Stationary Hospital in Arques, France (1C.T. of the left toe), and discharged on May 22, 1917.
On October 30, 1917, he was promoted in the field to Bombardier. On August 19, 1918 he was promoted in the field to Corporal.
Between September 14, 1918, and December 10, 1918, he was moved 5 times while suffering from clinical dysentery, and “complains of pain in Cardiac Region“. On October 11, 1918, the laboratory report indicated that “Neither Dysentry bacilli nor cysts of histolytica (an anaerobic parasitic amoebzoan) have been found in this sample of feces.” It was now late in the war and he was not sent back into action.
On January 6, 1919, he was discharged. On February 10, 1919, he was transferred to Canada on the Royal George. He arrived at Halifax on February 20, 1919. He was demobilized as a corporal, on March 13, 1919, at Toronto. He was 27 years old. His address then was 5 Earnbridge Street, Toronto.
Cephas Lawrence Green died on March 8, 1961. He is buried in the Strathroy Municipal Cemetery, Section A, row 28, 6th grave marker from the road. It is a flat marker. The marker indicates that he was a Sergeant. His military records indicate that he was discharged as a corporal.
The military documentation for Cephas Lawrence Green may be viewed at this page link: (Click on the bold words)
This marker was probably placed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It has markings that are not attested to by his military records. Cephas Lawrence Green was demobilized as a Corporal, and he was not in the RCAF, but rather was a gunner in the 14th Battery, 4th Brigade, 2nd Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (army).
This is a view of Cephas Green’s marker stone facing toward the west, in Section A, row 28, in the Strathroy Community Cemetery.
Facing northwest. It’s a peaceful place to wander around in and visit our veterans’ final resting places.