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Military service
Service number:
135322
Age:
44
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 11, 1871
Death:
October 7, 1916
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Son of Henry Robert and Emma (nee Honess) Hewson of Bromley-By-Bow, London East, England. Married Maria Brown on August 1, 1903 and sailed for Toronto, Ontario with their two sons Pearce and Hayward on February 7, 1913. In a letter from France to his wife dated September 17, 1916 he said "...we have them on the run now". A month later he was killed.
Digital gallery of Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
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Photo of CHARLES ERNEST HEWSON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Ernest Hewson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 102 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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