This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Charles Hamnett Pinhey. He was born in April 1891 at Pinhey’s Point and farmed the ancestral lands of his family. He was a member of the 43rd Regiment, Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles for three years before enlisting in the 38th Battalion in January 1915.
He served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda form August 1915 to May 1916. The Battalion left for England in June and by mid-August was occupying trenches east of Ypres. In September 1916, they joined the Canadian Corps in the Somme operations.
Charles Hamnett Pinhey was declared missing and presumed dead on November 18, 1916. Having no known grave, he is one of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers memorialized on the Vimy Memorial.
The St Mary’s Anglican Church First World War Roll of Honour and Second World War Roll of Honour are also located here.
