PLATT, VINCENT VERNON

 

Source

CWGC

SDGW

Uttoxeter Advertiser

Other

Parents

Mrs. Platt

 

 

1a, 1b

 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Elizabeth Platt

Yes

 

 

2

Position in the family

Eldest son

 

 

1b

 

Where born

Sudbury, Derbyshire

 

 

 

2

When born

25 September 1897

 

 

 

2

Address

Slade Lane, Uttoxeter (mother)

 

 

1a, 1b

 

Draycott, Sudbury, Derbyshire

Yes

 

 

2

Spouse

 

 

 

 

 

Children

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Before Joining up

Electrician in Canada

 

 

 

2

Where enlisted

Toronto, Canada

 

 

 

2

When enlisted

11 August 1915

 

 

 

2

Regiment

Canadian Engineers

 

 

1a

 

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Battalion

Yes

 

 

2

Canadian Expeditionery Force

 

 

 

2

Unit

83rd Bn.

 

 

 

 

Rank

Sapper

Yes

 

1a, 1b

2

Service Number

7771

 

 

 

 

171673

Yes

 

 

2

Date of Death

26 August 1918

Yes

 

1b

2

Age at time of death

22

Yes

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

Where Killed or died

Canadian General Hospital, Liverpool

 

 

1b

2

How he died

Died after a lengthy illness

 

 

1a, 1b

 

Concussion through shell-fire when on active service in France

 

 

1b

2

Location of Grave or Memorial

Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery – Grave VI. C.E. 98.

Yes

 

 

 

Uttoxeter Town War Memorial

 

 

 

2

Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent  was the eldest son of Mrs. Platt of Slade Lane, Uttoxeter[1a, 1b]. His late father had been the stationmaster at Sudbury for many years[1b]. He was a Canadian nNational[CWGC].

He joined up with the 83rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionery Forces[2]  at Toronto[2]  on 11th of May 1915[2].

 He came over with the Canadian forces[1b, 2]  and had seen a great deal of active service[1b].

On the 5th of August 1918 the Uttoxeter Advertiser reported that he was dangerously ill in Basingstoke Hospital[1a, 2].He died in the Canadian General Hospital in Liverpool[1b, 2]  after a lengthy illness due to concussion through shell-fire when on active service in France[1b, 2].

At the time of his death he had two brothers who were also serving in the army[1b]. One was in Ireland and the other was in France[1b]. They both survived the war.

Vincent is buried in Grave VI. C.E. 98 in Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery[CWGC].