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Military service
Service number:
109277
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
May 20, 1892
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
December 14, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of Charles Ralph Collyer and Jessie Maria Pearson. At the time the area was known as Assiniboia and considered part of the North West Territories.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
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Attestation Paper (Front)
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Attestation Paper (Back)
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Photo of Charles Herbert Collyer
Source: N. Hockin -
Charles Collyer with his Uncle Walter Dawes
Corporal Charles Collyer with his Uncle Walter Dawes<br>Rye, Sussex, England 1915 <br> Source: N. Hockin -
Charles with Signal Flags
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Charles in training
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Postcard to sister Frances
Text reads "Toronto, Ont., Apl. 2, 1915. <br>Dear Fan: Don't know if you will recognise your little brother as this is not an extra good photo. <br>Everything is going fine. Going home to-morrow. Chas" <br>Source: N. Hockin -
Charles with sisters
Charles toboganning with sisters Frances and Edith<br>at home near Welwyn, NWT (Saskatchewan), winter 1896-97<br> Source: N. Hockin -
Family Photo #2
Left to right. Front row: Frances, Charles, Edith Collyer;<br>back row: Charles Ralph (father), Harold (uncle) and Fanny (great-aunt) Collyer,<br>August 4, 1897, Moosomin NWT<br>Source: N. Hockin -
Memorial from Buckingham Palace
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Memorial Scroll
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Postcard of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Postcard of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial shortly after it was completed in 1927. -
Inside the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Postcard of the interior of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial ca. 1927.<br>Charles Collyer is commemorated on Panels 30 and 32. -
On board R.M.S. Hesperian
Corporal Charles Collyer, likely on board R.M.S. Hesperian, Allan Line, en route Plymouth, England, July 1915. Source: N. Hockin -
Postcard sent by Charles Collyer
Postcard sent by Charles Collyer to his sister Frances<br>from Toronto, Ontario, April 3, 1915.<br> Charles is second from right.<br>Source: N. Hockin -
Family Photo
Left to right: Frances, Charles and Edith Collyer<br>with mother Jessie (Pearson) Collyer,<br>taken Moosomin, NWT, probably 1895<br>Source: N. Hockin -
Charles and his brothers
Charles and his brothers, London Ontario, 1908. Left to right. Back row: Cyril, Charles, Ralph. Front row: Eric, Percy, Ernie, Gerald. Cyril, Charles, Ralph, Ernie and their eldest sister Frances enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. -
Charles Collyer with his siblings and step-mother
Charles Collyer with his siblings and step-mother at home, London Ontario, 1908. Left to right. Back row: Cyril, Edith, Charles, Frances, Ethel and Ralph. Middle row: Olive with mother Emily (Lewarton) Collyer. Front row: Eric, Percy, Gerald and Ernie Collyer. -
Frances Collyer, Eldest sibling of Charles Collyer
Frances Collyer, RN, 1890-1971. Eldest sibling of Charles Herbert Collyer. Graduated from School of Nursing, New York Hospital, 1916. Portrait by Sanders, London, ON, Canada. -
Frances Collyer, Sister of Charles Collyer
Nursing Sister Lt. Frances Collyer, RN. Enlisted in the No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital, CEF, in London, ON on May 23, 1916 and appointed to commissioned rank in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Arrived in England July 5, 1916, a month after her brother Charles' death at Sanctuary Wood. Served in England and France, including Folkestone and Le Tréport. (Certificate of Service notes "Westcliffe, Eye and Ear Hospital, Ont. Military Hospital, Orpington, CAMC Cas. Coy. Shorncliffe.") Demobilized June 20, 1919. Portrait by Swaine, London, England. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 2 April 1917, page 5. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Death notice
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1047 of 1384. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Herbert Collyer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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