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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
October 4, 1888
Swansea
Enlistment:
November 11, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. J. 5.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Annie Standish, of Swansea, Wales. Lieutenant Standish was a descendant of Standish de Standish.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
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Newspaper Clipping
Lt. Charles Colin Standish was born in Swansea, Wales. In honoured memory. -
Grave Marker
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper clipping source from The Leamington Post (Leamington, Ontario). Also noting error in name of medal received in this news clip. RIP Lt. Standish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 331 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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