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Military service
Service number:
460786
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1884
Death:
April 30, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 6.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Harrison Franklin, of Hendon, London, England; husband of Margaret Jane Franklin, of 1660, Dufferin St., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Albert Franklin
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Photo of Charles Franklin
Picture in 48th. Highlanders uniform -
Memorial
War Memorial, Hendon, London, England, birthplace of Charles Franklin -
Photo of Charles Albert Franklin
Pte Charles Albert Franklin in the uniform of the 61st Battalion prior to transfer to the 15th Battalion. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap badge of the 61st Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 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 -
Grave Marker
Photo by BGen (ret'd) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Franklin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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