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Military service
Service number:
27057
Age:
32
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
June 2, 1882
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Richard Checkley, of Edenside, Bexhill-on-Sea, England; husband of Martha W. Holdbeck (formerly Checkley), of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Albert Checkley
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted by: Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Calgary Herald June 10, 1915. Name written incorrectly as Andrew. -
Attestation Papers
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Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Menin Gate
Menin Gate panel where Sergeant albert checkley is commemorated. Photo by BGen Young (ret) and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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 815 of 958. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Checkley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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