Ivo Trimming Wadlow

A Private with the 1st Battalion, Ivo died on 5th of October 1916 at the age of 31. 

Ivo was born at Hawkhurst, Kent, on 8 October 1886, a son of Alfred and Maria Wadlow. By 1891 his father had died and his family lived at The Moor, Hawhurst. In 1901 they lived at Dainton's Villa, Station Road, Hawkurst. 

Ivo was working as a labourer when he joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic 3rd Class on 21 March 1903. He served until 31 August 1903 when he was discharged services no longer required. 

Ivo joined the East Kent Regiment and served for four years. The 1911 Census shows him with the 2nd Battalion in India. 

In January 1912 Ivo moved to Canada. In 1912 Ivo married Ade Eliza Chaston at Halifax, Nova Scotia. By 1916 Ada was living at 7 Oakland Terrace, Kessingland.

On 6 April 1916 Ivo enlisted in the Canadian Army at Wellington Barracks, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He had been working as a clerk. He arrived in England on 6 July 1916 and in France on 27 August 1916. 

Ivo was wounded on 2 October 1916 and died from his wounds at the South Midland Casualty Clearing Station on 5 October 1916.