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Military service
Service number:
226017
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)
Birth:
March 2, 1895
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
March 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. "C". I. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carson, of Southampton, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Frederick James Carson
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Southampton Cenotaph
Frederick James Carson was born in Southampton, Ontario on March 2nd, 1895. His mother, Mrs. James Carson, is listed on his attestation as his "next-of-kin". Prior to the war, Carson was a printer. His prior military experience included 3 years in the 32nd Bruce Regiment. He enlisted in the CEF on October 7th, 1915 in London, Ontario. He is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. This war memorial includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Thomas L. Skelding -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 587 of 1004.
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Private Frederick James Carson
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick James Carson
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick James Carson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 381 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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