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Sergeant Frederick Pring, 123419
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Scott Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Storage Location
- Box 156, Envelope 6054b
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Scott Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 156, Envelope 6054b
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Physical Description
- Glass-plate negative
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of First World War soldier Sergeant Frederick Pring, 123419.
- Born August 5, 1892 at Glasgow, Scotland.
- Enlisted September 8, 1915 at St. Thomas, Ontario.
- At time of enlistment Pring listed as his next of kin his mother Mrs. Anna Pring, 65 Pollack Road, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland.
- At time of enlistment Pring was single, employed as a clerk and had 1 year of experience with the 25th Regiment militia.
- Listed in Nominal Roll 91st Overseas Battalion: Streatcher Bearer. (Transf. from 70th Battalion, 6/11/15)
- Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: "Son of George Charles and Anna. Enl. Aug. 1915. Served in Canada 70th and 91st Battalion; England Canadian Army Medical Corps; France Canadian Army Medical Corps. Wounded at Lillers. Disch. May. 1919".
- See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=589165.
- Name Access
- 91st Battalion
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Military
- 91st Battalion
- First World War
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