Private William Sutherland
William Sutherland was born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland on January 3, 1893. He lived in Falkland and worked as a farm hand for Charles Meggs. He is commemorated at the Paris Presbyterian Church. He was single and 23 years of age when he enlisted with the 125th Battalion in Paris.
William was a member of the 10th Platoon that embarked aboard the S.S Scandinavia on February 12, 1916. The 9th and 10th Platoons were the first contingent of soldiers from Paris, nearly 100 men, to go overseas. He was transferred to the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Depot on March 7, 1916 in Seaford, Sussex. He was sent to France in March, 1918, but there are no details of his service during the last months of the war.