Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Charles Preston Ilsley
In memory of:
Sapper Charles Preston Ilsley
March 23, 1916
Military Service
568
23
Army
Canadian Engineers
6th Field Coy.
Additional Information
September 11, 1892
Son of Freeman A. Ilsley; husband of Adelia Blance Ilsley.
Commemorated on Page 107 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD
Belgium
H. 2.
ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD is located 3 Km east of Ieper town centre on the Maaldestedestraat, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. 2 Km along the Meenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Maaldestedestraat. The churchyard itself is located 1.8 Km along the Maaldestedestraat on the left hand side of the road, within the village of Zillebeke.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Zillebeke Churchyard, Belgium ... September 2007 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
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Photo of Charles Ilsley – Photo in the book "From the Rideau to the Rhine and back: the 6th Field Company and Battalion Canadian Engineers in the Great War" by K. Weatherbe, published in Toronto in 1928 by Hunter-Rose Co. Ltd. -
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Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England.
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