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Military service
Service number:
40617
Age:
25
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Brigade
Birth:
January 1, 1890
Carleton Place, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
July 15, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 122.
Additional information
Spouse of Eve Chester of Gananoque, Ontario. His civilian occupation was that of machinist.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Chester
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Le Gananoque se souvient
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Page Commémoratif
William Chester is honoured on page 26 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Coupure de presse
From the Perth Courier for 30 July 1915. -
Mémorial
Gunner William Chester's name is listed on the Gananoque Ontario War Memorial. -
Pierre Tombale
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 909 of 958. -
Photo de WILLIAM CHESTER
Larry Gray's 'We Are the Dead' relates details about the lives of Carleton Place's 'Great War' (World War I) victims.
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Chester
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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