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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
August 6, 1887
Sydney, Australia
Enlistment:
November 29, 1915
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Frank A. and Emma A. Howson.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
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106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles
In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Charles Howson
In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Edwin Howson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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