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Military service
Service number:
769230
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
December 21, 1899
Harrogate, Yorks, England
Enlistment:
December 28, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles and Hannah Compton of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Pte Harold Compton, 60th Battalion, killed in action on 26 November 1916.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Duncan Compton
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Newspaper Clipping
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Circumstances of Death Registers
At the capture of Vimy Ridge, his Company reached their objective early in the morning. He and some others dug out a large shell hole for shelter. About 4 p.m. he and a comrade were asleep in it when an enemy shell made a direct hit upon the spot, instantly killing both of them. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of CHARLES DUNCAN COMPTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Duncan Compton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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