ENLISTED JULY 20, 1915, AT CAMP SEWELL, MANITOBA, REGIMENTAL NUMBER 115592 WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY 12TH BATTALION CANADIAN ENGINEERS. ON APRIL 24, 1916, THIS UNIT WAS RE-DESIGNATED AS THE 4TH CALVARY SQUADRON AND A WEEK LATER EMBARKED FROM HALIFAX ON THE SS OLYMPIC AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND MAY 07, 1916
JUNE 20, 1916, GEORGE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 4TH DIVISION ENGINEERS AND IN AUGUST WAS SENT TO FRANCE WITH 12TH FIELD COMPANY, CANADIAN ENGINEERS. IN FALL 1916 THE UNIT WAS IN THE SOMME OFFENSIVE AND BATTLES INCLUDED VIMY RIDGE, HILL 70 AND PASSCHENDAELE. IN MAY 1918 THE UNIT WAS ABSORBED BY 12TH BATTALION CANADIAN ENGINEERS.
GEORGE WAS ON SPECIAL LEAVE STARTING AUGUST 20, 1918, THEN WAS BACK WITH THE 12TH FOR THE FINAL DAYS OF THE WAR. HE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE BEFORE RETURNING TO ENGLAND IN MAY 1919 AND WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 17 IN TORONTO.
Children included:
Shelagh Aymer married Robert Hibbert
Beatrice Aymer married George Stevens
ENLISTED JULY 20, 1915, AT CAMP SEWELL, MANITOBA, REGIMENTAL NUMBER 115592 WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY 12TH BATTALION CANADIAN ENGINEERS. ON APRIL 24, 1916, THIS UNIT WAS RE-DESIGNATED AS THE 4TH CALVARY SQUADRON AND A WEEK LATER EMBARKED FROM HALIFAX ON THE SS OLYMPIC AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND MAY 07, 1916
JUNE 20, 1916, GEORGE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 4TH DIVISION ENGINEERS AND IN AUGUST WAS SENT TO FRANCE WITH 12TH FIELD COMPANY, CANADIAN ENGINEERS. IN FALL 1916 THE UNIT WAS IN THE SOMME OFFENSIVE AND BATTLES INCLUDED VIMY RIDGE, HILL 70 AND PASSCHENDAELE. IN MAY 1918 THE UNIT WAS ABSORBED BY 12TH BATTALION CANADIAN ENGINEERS.
GEORGE WAS ON SPECIAL LEAVE STARTING AUGUST 20, 1918, THEN WAS BACK WITH THE 12TH FOR THE FINAL DAYS OF THE WAR. HE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE BEFORE RETURNING TO ENGLAND IN MAY 1919 AND WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 17 IN TORONTO.
Children included:
Shelagh Aymer married Robert Hibbert
Beatrice Aymer married George Stevens
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