| Rank | Captain |
Captain Joseph Tully trained with the Cadets at the Essex High School.
Captain Joseph Tully left London, Ontario, for overseas June 25th, 1916, and was appointed Chaplain to the C.A.S.C. Hospitals at Shorncliffe. He was named for France on August 1st, 1916, but on August 9th, he fell ill of Influenza, being off duty seven weeks. On May 31st, 1917, he proceeded to France as Chaplain of No. 1 Canadian Clearing Station. In October, 1917, he was promoted to the front lines, but before leaving the orders he was changed and he was ordered to report at London Office for winter duties. On November 17th, 1917, he was appointed Chaplain of the “Young Soldiers” Battalion, Bramshott, until June 30th 1918, when he again started for France and was attached to the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Battalion on July 2nd, 1918. On November 18th, 1918, he took sick and was invalided back to England on November 25th. From England to Canada on February 2nd 1919, he arrived at London February 16th and was discharged from the Army and taken on straight of D.S.C.R. for treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
He was discharged from D.S.C.R. on December 31st, 1919.
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