Driver
Ransom, George Aaron
Unit
82nd Howitzer Battery
Branch
Canadian Field Artillery
Service Component
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service Number
336814
birth
1893/06/03
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
death
1917/11/06
Passchendaele, Belgium
grave
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, Belgium
Gender
Male
George Aaron Ransom was born in Montréal, Quebec, on 3 June 1893. The son of George and Jane Ransom, he had four siblings, one brother and three sisters.
A salesman, Ransom enlisted in the 66th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in his hometown on 21 March 1916. He arrived in England aboard SS Baltic on 29 May 1916.
While in England, Ransom was transferred to the 83rd Howitzer Battery and then to the 82nd Howitzer Battery. He was shipped to France on 17 March 1917. Ransom was killed in action in Belgium on 6 November 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele.
George Aaron Ransom is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, in Belgium.
