Ref: Library and Archives Canada WWI Service File for Walter George Ponceby
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Library and Archives Canada WWI Service File for Walter George Ponceby
Library and Archives Canada WWI personnel file for Walter George Ponceby, regimental number 231409, born 9 May 1872 in London, England, enlisted 17 April 1916 at Edmonton with the 202nd Battalion, later serving with the 10th Battalion and recorded as killed in action on 11 November 1917.
What this record says
Record summary
What it says
Library and Archives Canada WWI personnel file for Walter George Ponceby, regimental number 231409, born 9 May 1872 in London, England, enlisted 17 April 1916 at Edmonton with the 202nd Battalion, later serving with the 10th Battalion and recorded as killed in action on 11 November 1917.
Why it matters
It supports 2 public timeline moments and connects to 1 named person or possibility.
LAC item metadata and PDF link were captured on 22 April 2026.
The PDF is a 50-page scanned service file with no usable embedded text. A visual extraction pass was completed from rendered thumbnails on 22 April 2026.
The will page appears to name the beneficiary as "Mrs Margaret Jeanette Ponceby"; compare against the CVWM spelling "Margaret Jeane Ponceby" before normalizing.
Several pay and accounting pages contain partly illegible cheque/accounting entries and were summarized only where they directly identify the widow/dependent.
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
Accessed: 22 April 2026
LAC item metadata:
Name: PONCEBY, WALTER GEORGE
Regimental Number: 231409
Date of Birth: 1872-05-09
Place of Birth: London England
Enlistment Date: 1916-04-17
Place of Enlistment: Edmonton AB Canada
Unit: 202nd Battalion
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7894 - 53
Item Number: 580558
Record Group: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
Digitized service file PDF: B7894-S053
Notes:
This pass captured the LAC item metadata and downloaded the full PDF. The service file still needs page-by-page extraction before its internal service, medical, casualty, and next-of-kin facts are used.
User accepted this source on 3 June 2026 after visual review of selected rendered service-file pages against the existing visual extraction.
No citation block is present because the LAC service-file artifact supplies repository/item metadata rather than a separate structured citation page.
This satisfies the first Walter target by locating the full Library and Archives Canada service file rather than only the attestation or CVWM summary.
The service file corroborates the 1916 attestation, adds repeated widow/dependent evidence for Margaret Ponceby at 8205-109th St., Edmonton, and supplies service-movement evidence between the 202nd Battalion and 10th Battalion.
No parentage clue for Edwin Pownceby or Constance Koziell was found in the visually reviewed pages.
