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Military service
Service number:
63704
Age:
20
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 14th Bn.
Birth:
June 15, 1896
Death:
September 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John William and Sarah Ann Parker, of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Corporal Charles William Parker
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 24, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y247uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles William Parker
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles William Parker
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles William Parker
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles William Parker
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles William Parker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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