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Military service
Service number:
487553
Age:
43
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
June 11, 1873
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Ann Armstrong; husband of Elizabeth Armstrong, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Charles James Armstrong
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD 19 OCTOBER 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD 19 OCTOBER 1916 -
Inscription
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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