Source: Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War
Item URL: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=580558
PDF URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B7894-S053
Repository file: 05_raw/pdfs/lac-wwi-service-file-walter-george-ponceby-B7894-S053.pdf
Extraction date: 22 April 2026

Visual extraction notes:

Page 1 - Attestation paper:
Surname Ponceby; Christian names Walter George; present address 8205-109th St., Edmonton, Alberta; born London, England; next of kin Mrs Margaret Ponceby, wife, same address; date of birth May 9th 1872; trade or calling Electrician; married yes; willing to be vaccinated yes; not in active militia; no prior military force. Declaration and oath dated April 17th 1916 at Edmonton.

Page 2 - Enlistment description and medical:
Apparent age 44 years; height 5 feet 6 inches; chest 36 inches, range of expansion 2 1/2 inches; complexion fair; eyes hazel; hair light brown; Presbyterian; fit for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force; medical and officer certification dated April 17th 1916 at Edmonton.

Page 7 - CEF casualty/index card:
Surname Ponceby; Christian names Walter George; regimental no. 231409; rank Pte.; unit 202nd; next of kin Mrs Margaret Ponceby, wife, 8205-109th St., Edmonton, Alberta; country of birth England, London; date of birth May 9th 1872; place/date of attestation Edmonton, Alberta, April 17th 1916.

Page 8 - Card continuation:
From Halifax, SS Mauretania, 24 November 1916; married yes; trade Electrician; religion Presbyterian; age 44; height 5 feet 6 inches; chest 36 inches, expansion 2 1/2 inches; complexion fair; eyes hazel; hair light brown; present address 8205-109th St., Edmonton, Alberta.

Page 9 - Casualty card:
Name Ponceby Walter George; rank/corps Pte., 10th Bn.; cable/date entries include "Killed in action Nov. 11th 1917" and "Killed in action Nov. 11th, 1917"; received 24 January 1918.

Page 11 - Pay/service card:
No. 231409; rank Pte.; name Ponceby W. G.; unit 202nd Battalion CEF; stamp "Unit sailed Nov 23 1916."

Page 15 - Memorial/death card:
PONCEBY, Walter Geo.; Pte. 231409; 10th Bn.; Mrs. M. J. Ponceby, 8205-109th St., Edmonton, South, Alta.; listed as widow for medal/decorations, plaque and scroll, and memorial cross.

Page 17 - Hospital/diagnosis summary:
PONCEBY W.G.; 231409; rank Pte.; unit Alta. 10 Co.; diagnosis/status: Killed in Action 11-11-17; disposition line dated 27-11-17.

Page 20 - War service gratuity:
Regimental no. 231409; name Walter George Ponceby; unit Infantry; rank Pte.; date of casualty 11-11-17; overseas service yes; dependent Mrs Margaret Ponceby, widow, 8205-109th St., Edmonton, Alberta; special pension bonus and balance entries partly financial/accounting.

Page 23 - Assigned pay:
Mrs M. J. Ponceby; name of soldier Ponceby W. G.; 202 Bn.; group 231409; remarks include death/casualty accounting entries after 11 November 1917.

Page 29 - Casualty form - active service:
Unit/regiment/corps 202nd O. Battn C.E.F.; regimental no. 231409; rank Private; name Ponceby Walter George; enlisted 17/4/16; service reckons from April 17th 1916; qualification Electrician. Service movement entries include embarked Halifax 23 November 1916, arrived Liverpool 30 November 1916, proceeded overseas for service with 10th Battn from Whitley on 27 May 1917, arrived C.B.D. France 29 May 1917, attached to 1st Cdn? Bn. 15 June 1917, posted to permanent grade on preceding to unit 18 August 1917. Some unit abbreviations are partly illegible.

Page 31 - Service/casualty sheet:
PONCEBY, Walter George; regimental no. 231409; unit 202nd Bn.; married; place of birth London, England; place/date of enlistment Edmonton, April 17th 1916; next of kin Margaret Ponceby, wife, 8205-109th St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Movements include arrived in England Mauretania 30 November 1916, SOS to 10th Battalion 27 May 1917, attached/arrived entries through June/August 1917, killed in action 11 November 1917.

Page 33 - Medical history sheet:
Surname Ponceby; Christian name Walter George; examined April 17th 1916 at Edmonton; birthplace London, England; apparent age 44; trade Electrician; height 5 feet 6 inches; weight 150 lbs.; chest 33 1/2 minimum and 36 maximum expansion; physical development good; small-pox marks; vaccinated 18 years ago; previous disease "Pneumonia and typhoid fever" (reading partly uncertain); joined on enlistment 202nd O. Battn, regimental no. 231409, date 17/4/16.

Page 35 - Form of will:
Walter George Ponceby, regimental number 231409, serving in 202nd O.Bn.; personal estate bequeathed to wife Mrs Margaret Jeanette Ponceby, 8205-109th St., Edmonton South, Alberta, Canada; dated 28 September 1916; signed Walter George Ponceby. The beneficiary middle name spelling should be compared against other records before normalization.

Page 41 - Separation and assigned pay branch:
Date of enlistment 17-4-16; date of assignment Dec 1-16; soldier W. G. Ponceby; battalion 202 Batt.; beneficiary Mrs M. J. Ponceby, relationship wife, address 8205-109th St., Edmonton South, Alta.; assigned pay/pension remarks include soldier "Killed in action 11-11-17."

Other pages:
Pages 3-6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 36-40, 42-50 are mostly blank backs, pay/accounting continuation pages, anti-typhoid/vaccination forms, or fragmentary administrative pages. They were reviewed visually for names, next-of-kin, addresses, units, and casualty information; no parentage evidence for Walter's parents was found in those pages.