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Charles Evelyn Branwhite

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Charles Evelyn Branwhite

November 24, 1917
Étaples, France

Military Service

Service Number:

116137

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Citation(s):

London Gazette # 30573 dated 13 March 1918

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

October 25, 1884
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Enlistment:

March 22, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Charles and Ellen Mary Branwhite. Brother of Harry of Middlesex, England. Nephew of Caroline D. Gross, St. Margarets-on-Thames, England. Lance Corporal Branwhite was educated at the Grammar School, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXX. M. 20A.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 297 of 906

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