Profile image
Military service
Service number:
838255
Age:
31
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
March 17, 1887
Enlistment:
Owen Sound, Ontario
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James Cumberland, of II, London Rd., Romford, Essex, England; husband of Jessie Ann Cumberland (nee Tuckwood), of 492, 20th Street West, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
-
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 321 of 890. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of CHARLES CUMBERLAND
My grandfather's photo in front of his name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, July 2018 -
Photo of CHARLES CUMBERLAND
My grandfather in his military uniform. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cumberland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.