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Charles Edward Cornwall

In memory of:

Private Charles Edward Cornwall

November 30, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

757728

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

5th Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

December 4, 1894

Son of George Alexander and Adaline Louise Cornwall, of Oakville, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. G. 16.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Charles Edward Cornwall's name appears on this memorial plaque for those that died in WW1, along with 9 other school mates from Oakville High School, in Oakville Ontario.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Oakville Remembers
  • Oakville Remembers Biography
  • Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 2)
  • Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 3)

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