Private Reginal Ernest "Bob" Lanning: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Private Reginal Ernest "Bob" Lanning was born 15 Jul 1889, Wilton, , Wiltshire, England (son of Stephen Milton Ayles Lanning and Elizabeth Parsons); died 31 Jul 1917, , France; was buried , Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, France.

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Military: WW1
Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 88 Barrie St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: , England
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-389090
Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 111th Battalion
Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #730634

Notes:

GALT, June 23. Lance-Corporal Henry Lanning, a veteran of the first contingent, was killed in action on June 13, according to a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lanning, Barrie street, this moming. The deceased soldier was among the first Galtonians to join. Just a year ago this month his name appeared twice in the casualty lists, June 1, 1915, as suffering from concussion, and June 2 as having received a leg wound. Deceased was 32 years of age. He was a member of the S.O.E. and very well known in the city. He had soldiered in England with the garrison artillery, lancers, and the A.MC. Only on Tuesday, his mother received a letter, in which he referred to how he was looking forward to the end of the war. He was single and besides his parents is survived by five brothers and three sisters. One brother, Reginald, is with the 111 (South Waterloo) Battalion.

London Free Press, June 24, 1916

Generation: 2

Stephen Milton Ayles Lanning was born 1854, , England; died 22 Oct 1938; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-389085

Stephen married Elizabeth Parsons 3 Feb 1876, , England. Elizabeth was born CALC 9 May 1855, , England; died 23 Apr 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 25 Apr 1930, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Parsons was born CALC 9 May 1855, , England; died 23 Apr 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 25 Apr 1930, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Elizabeth Lanning
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-389086

Children:

Laura Florence Lanning was born 17 Aug 1874, , Devonshire, England; died 26 Aug 1946, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. George Cemetery, Saint George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario.
George Lanning was born 1877, , England; died 1 Mar 1917; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Lance Corporal Henry "Harry" Lanning was born 31 May 1884, Wilton, , Wiltshire, England; died 13 Jun 1916, Zillebeke, , Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried , Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Ieper, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
1. Private Reginal Ernest "Bob" Lanning was born 15 Jul 1889, Wilton, , Wiltshire, England; died 31 Jul 1917, , France; was buried , Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, France.
Leslie Herbert Frank "Frank" Lanning was born 1899, , England; died 30 May 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 2 Jun 1920, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.