MYTTON Wallace

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Wallace Mytton sailed from Liverpool on the SS Corsican on 23rd July 1913.  The ship’s final destination was Quebec but on arrival at the port Wallace stated that his intended destination in Canada was Toronto, Ontario.

Wallace enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 10th February 1916 at Toronto.  On his attestation paper he gave his address as Ford Street, Toronto, Ontario, his date of birth as 23rd December 1895 in Worcestershire, England, his occupation as a butcher and his next of kin as his father, Walter Mytton, 38 Manor Road, Stanford, Worcestershire, England.  Wallace was 5 feet 6½ inches tall with hazel eyes, fair hair and a fair complexion.  His service records note that he sailed from Halifax, Canada with his unit on 17th October 1916, the 1st part on SS Metagania and the 2nd part on the same date per SS Corsican.  However, further documentation in his records state that he embarked Canada 25th October 1916 and disembarked England from the SS Corsican on 5th November 1916.  Prior to leaving Canada Wallace completed a Form of Will on 4th September 1916 in which he bequeathed his personal estate to his fiancée, Miss Miriam Miller, Albion Park, c/o Weston P.O., Ontario.

After 3 months in England, Wallace was posted for overseas service, arriving in Boulogne, France on 11th February 1917.  He was reported as seriously ill at No 8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France on 6th June 1917 and in the same condition at the General Hospital, Colchester, England on 12th June 1917.  Wallace continued to deteriorate, he died of tuberculosis and pleurisy at 4.45am on 23rd June 1917 at the General Military Hospital, Colchester.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6560 – 17.

Information in All Saints Church, Wilden states that Wallace died at Colchester on 27th June 1917 aged 23 and was buried at Colchester.