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Military service
Service number:
153221
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
January 15, 1891
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
June 15, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 21, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lydiard, of Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Corporal George Gilmour Lydiard, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
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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) -
Photo of Charles Alfred Lydiard
1891-1916, of Darmouth, Nova Scotia. George and his brother Charles both died within weeks of each other, most likely as part of the Battle of Sommes, near Moukey Farm, in WWI. Their names are on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Lydiard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 121 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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