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Military service
Service number:
164538
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
January 27, 1897
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 5, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
November 19, 1916
The Somme, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edward and Lydia Leach, of East Linton, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Albert Leach
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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) -
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Inscription
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Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Albert Leach
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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