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Charles Henry Fay

In memory of:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant Charles Henry Fay

September 3, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3446

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

11th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 10, 1883
Wiltshire, England

Son of Henry and Eva Fay, of Milton West, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 406 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. E. 57.

Location:

Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Milton Ontario War Memorial (1926), Victoria Park Square, Milton, Ontario, Canada.

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    Milton Ontario War Memorial – Milton Ontario War Memorial (1926), Victoria Park Square, Milton, Ontario, Canada.
  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Names listed on the Milton Ontario War Memorial.

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    Milton Ontario War Memorial – Names listed on the Milton Ontario War Memorial.
  • Grave Marker– Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France (permission for use from Maple Leaf Legacy Project)

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    Grave Marker – Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France (permission for use from Maple Leaf Legacy Project)
  • Photo of Charles Henry Fay– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Charles Henry Fay – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Henry Fay– Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fay was the son of Henry and Eva Fay of (Hornby) Milton and the older brother of Richard Fay, killed the previous day. Fay attested to the Canadian Engineers Training Depot as a Private in December 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in January 1917 and C.Q.M.S. on May 24, 1918. C.Q.M.S .Fay was killed in action while serving with the 11th Battalion (formerly Field Company) Canadian Engineers on September 3, 1918. He was proceeding on leave to England when he was killed by a bomb dropped by an enemy airplane. He was 35 years old at the time, killed during what is known as "Canada's Hundred Days".

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    Photo of Charles Henry Fay
    Photo of Charles Henry Fay – Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fay was the son of Henry and Eva Fay of (Hornby) Milton and the older brother of Richard Fay, killed the previous day. Fay attested to the Canadian Engineers Training Depot as a Private in December 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in January 1917 and C.Q.M.S. on May 24, 1918. C.Q.M.S .Fay was killed in action while serving with the 11th Battalion (formerly Field Company) Canadian Engineers on September 3, 1918. He was proceeding on leave to England when he was killed by a bomb dropped by an enemy airplane. He was 35 years old at the time, killed during what is known as "Canada's Hundred Days".

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