. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalis MUS. CQMP. ZOOL DEC-21959 HARVARD r ONIVERSITY Volume 73 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1959 Number 4 WILLIAM HENRY LANCELEY 1893-1958 In the death of W. H. Lanceley on October 20, 1958, the Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club suffered the loss of a member who had been active in its affairs for thirty-two years. He was born at Portsmouth, England, on Septem- ber 17, 1893, came to Canada in 1909, and after living in Manitoba, joined the staff of the Post Office Department at Ottawa in 1913 and was employed there until his war service intervened in 191
. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalis MUS. CQMP. ZOOL DEC-21959 HARVARD r ONIVERSITY Volume 73 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1959 Number 4 WILLIAM HENRY LANCELEY 1893-1958 In the death of W. H. Lanceley on October 20, 1958, the Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club suffered the loss of a member who had been active in its affairs for thirty-two years. He was born at Portsmouth, England, on Septem- ber 17, 1893, came to Canada in 1909, and after living in Manitoba, joined the staff of the Post Office Department at Ottawa in 1913 and was employed there until his war service intervened in 1915. His military and civil service careers ran :-, Vx\^; parallel. He joined the Governor General's ' ', Foot Guards in 1913, and, in 1914, the 77th (Ottawa) Battalion, When this battalion was broken up in England he was placed with the 4th Battalion of the Cana- dian Railway Troops and served with that unit in France and Belgium until December 1917. He resumed his connection with the Governor General's Foot Guards upon re- turning to Canada in 1918, was promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant and, as such, represented the Guards at the corona- tion of H. M. King George VI in 1937. He was placed on the retired list with rank of captain in 1947. Even then his military life was not ended, for he rejoined his regiment in 1955 to become curator of the regimental museum and secretary to the board. Mili- tary honors were: European war medal, 1914-18; Victory medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service medal; Coronation medal, 1937; Efficiency Decoration; and Coronation medal, 1953. Upon return from Europe he again entered the Post Office Department and, in 1919, transferred to the Department of Labour. In 1922 his unit was transferred to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics where he served until his retirement on September 16, 1958. For seventeen years he was on the staff of the Canada Year Book section; then in 1944 he became chief of the Animal Products Section and continue
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