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Military service
Service number:
138298
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
August 10, 1878
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Thomas and Isabella Head; husband of Ida May Head, of 875, Logan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Richard Head
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Photo of CHARLES RICHARD HEAD
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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WWI War Memorial Windows
WWI War Memorial Windows at the Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario -
Commemorative Plaque
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario. The current building was dedicated in 1872 as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church. -
Roll of Honour
Dufferin School, Toronto, Ontario. A memorial plaque listing 48 former students who died during the first World War was dedicated at Dufferin School on January 20th, 1928. The memorial was unveiled by Thomas J. Bragg, President Dufferin School Old Boys, and dedicated by Rev. E. A. Henry, D.D., Chaplain Dufferin School Old Boys. The original 1876 school building faced Berkeley Street. It was torn down in 1925 and replaced with a structure on Parliament Street, and renamed as Lord Dufferin School. In honoured memory of the boys of Dufferin School. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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 Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Richard Head
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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