JARMAN, Albert Wellington

DIVISIONAL UNIT:         4th Canadian Infantry Division
                                             10th Infantry Brigade
                                             47th Battalion - Western Ontario 
                                             Canadian Infantry Corps
SERVICE NO:                   654532
RESIDENCE:                    Londesborough – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            March 22, 1889
                                             Leicester – Leicestershire - England
DATE OF DEATH:           April 1, 1919                        30 years
CEMETERY:                     Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery – Leicester –
                                             Leicestershire – England
                                             P     U     1461
PARENT:                           Mr. William Jarman – Leicester – England.
Occupation:                        Farmer.                                 Religion:     Presbyterian.
Enlistment:                         Blyth – February 24, 1916 – 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age:                 26 years     11 months

This man was born in Leicester in England and he came to Canada to begin a new life and while in Canada he  
      worked near Londesborough as a farmer. Following the declaration of war, he went to Blyth and enlisted as a 
      Canadian.
Private Jarman arrived in England on November 11, 1916. He is Struck off Strength of the 161st Battalion on 
      March 8, 1918 and transfers to the 47th Battalion. He goes overseas into France on March 10, 1918 and joins his 
      unit in the field on March 14, 1918.
He was wounded in the right shoulder during battle on September 2, 1918. He was taken to No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance and transferred to No. 33 British Casualty Clearing Station – Ligny St Flochel and was admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital based at Wimereux on September 3rd.  He was then invalided back to England on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel on October 17th and he went to the 1st London General Hospital located in Camberwell EC on October 18th where he died on April 1, 1919.
At 2 am the Battalion was in position to advance with “B & D” Companies as right /left assault and “A & C”
      Companies as right / left support. Zero hour was 5 am and the infantry “went over the top” and followed the 
      barrage and when they got to the enemy wire it was uncut except for a few gaps. They also had to cut their way  
      through. When the 2nd line was reached the support Companies leap-frogged through and they led the assault to 
      the 4th line.
The enemy protective barrage was heavy and prompt and the infantry escaped with few casualties. The enemy trenches put up stiff resistance mainly from their machine-guns. When the final objective was reached and taken the 46th Battalion leap-frogged through the Battalion and the 50th Battalion then re-organized and took up new positions on the western slope of Mont Dury. They were ready to advance again after resting.
During this day of battle 12 men were killed, 123 were wounded and 34 men were missing.
Private Jarman was born in Leicester, left his home and began a new life in Canada, enlisted as a Canadian,
      trained in England, went overseas into France, was seriously wounded in France, invalided back to England and   
      died 110 miles from his birthplace. 
He was then buried in the town of his birth. The “circle of life”.