Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension | II. E. 12. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.125 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 16A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
See also: British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa whose research is also extensive.David was born in 1886 at Cockermouth, Workington, Cumberland, son of John Thomas and Margery Farquarson Hind. He had two siblings, William (b.1889) and Nellie (b.1892). At the time of the 1891 Census, John was working on the railway and living at 61 Victoria Road, Workington, with his wife, two children and his father-in-law, David Farquarson. In the 1901 Census, Marjorie and John are no longer listed as living together. David was recorded living with his mother, siblings and grandfather. Marjorie is listed as the Head of the household. There were two boarders residing in the household and David, at age 15, was apprenticing as a carpenter. Marjorie is still listed as married and the Head of the household at the time of the 1911 Census. David’s father, John, could not be located in either the 1901 or 1911 censuses.
He met his future wife, Annie, in Cumberland. They travelled together to Canada on the SS Corsican him as a carpenter and she as a domestic, arriving in Montreal on 1st August 1913, and were soon after married in St. Mathias Angelican Church, Toronto. They lived at 232 North Lisgar Street in Toronto, where David was employed as a builder and as a chauffeur. They later lived at 80, Auburn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Annie, remarried in November 1919 to a widower, Ernest Neal, staying in Toronto to raise a family.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
Regimental Number 157595, Private David Gladstone Hind 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry died of wounds 6th March 1918.
David enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) on 15 September 1915. David was 5 feet 6¾ inches with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. David trained with the C.E.F. from September 1915 until April 1916, when he sailed from Halifax on the SS Olympic on 1 May 1916 with the rest of the 81st Battalion. They disembarked in Liverpool less than one week later and were deployed to West Sandling. By mid-June 1916 David was appointed as an acting lance corporal. He remained an acting corporal for the next month and reverted to private before being transferred to the 18th Canadian Battalion and deployed to the field in France in July 1916.
In October 1916, during the battle of the Somme, David was admitted to the 133 Field Ambulance Unit suffering from shell shock after being buried in the field. He was returned to duty ten days later. At the beginning of April 1917, David was assigned to the 4th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery and by 9 April 1917 he was again listed as wounded in the field, suffering from concussion and shell shock. He was sent to No. 1 Convalescent Depot in Boulogne, now also suffering from general impetigo. He rejoined his unit on 19 April 1917, where he remained until September, when he was granted 10 days of leave in England. He returned to the field at the beginning of October, where he rejoined his Mortar Battery. On 3rd March, 1918 David Hind was admitted to No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station with shrapnel wounds in the arm, left thigh and abdomen. One of his wounds penetrated his left auricle and he died of these wounds three days later on 6th March 1918. Initially no papers accompanied his admittance to the clearing station, so his wife was not advised of his death until 13th March 1918.
David was is commemorated at his grave, Plot 3, Row E, Grave 12, in the Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension. Barlin is a village southwest of Bethune between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads. The Communal Cemetery and Extension lies to the north of the village on the road to Houchin. The extension was begun by French troops in October 1914 and when they moved south in March 1916, it was used for burials by the 6th Casualty Clearing Station, largely for Commonwealth casualties.
In November 1917, Barlin began to be shelled and the hospital was moved back to Ruitz. The extension was used again in March and April 1918 during the German advance on this front. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and contains 1095 Commonwealth, 63 French and 13 German burials from the First World War.
The report of his death was recorded in the the Toronto Star no date - PTE. HIND WAS KILLED - Resident of Dovercourt Road Who Was Previously on the List As Wounded. Previously reported wounded, now killed in action is the telegram received by Mrs. Hind, who with her one small son reside at 1132 Dovercourt road, regarding her husband, Pte. D. Hind. Pte. Hind went overseas in April, 1916 with the 81st Battalion and had only been in the trenches a short time when the new of his fatality reaches home. He was 23 [sic] years of age, and had been employed in this city."
He is further commememorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Sun and Sector No. 962 E.C. | Cumberland & Westmoreland |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
24th September 1917 | - | - |
As David had made his life in Canada, he must have returned to his ancestral home in Cumberland to be initiated into Sun and Sector Lodge No. 962 in September 1917. He is listed as a joiner from Workington with no mention of his military service or his life in Canada. His time was limited so only ever reached Entered Apprentice. The final annotation in the contribution record shows he was "Killed in Action 6th Mar/18."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley