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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
454970
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
April 1, 1891
London, England
Enlistment:
July 4, 1915
Peterborough, Ontario
Death:
August 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 18.
Additional information
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Charles, of Ponders End, Middlesex, England. Husband of Mrs. Henrietta Charles of Peterborough, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 24 Jnauary 1919.
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Grave marker
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 715 of 958.
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Corporal William James Charles
Digital gallery of
Corporal William James Charles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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