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Military service
Service number:
9826
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1890
Death:
May 2, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private Charles Henry Silvester
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Newspaper Clipping
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Pte. Charles Henry Silvester enlisted at Valcartier Camp (Quebec) on September 22nd, 1914. He indicated on his military attestation that he had five years previous experience with the Queen's Own Rifles and one year with the Canadian Engineers. Silvester was a printer by trade. In honoured memory. -
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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 April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Henry Silvester
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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