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Military service
Service number:
474343
Age:
40
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
July 14, 1876
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late James Charles and Elizabeth Davis, of Tregonau, St. Ewe, Cornwall, England.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
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Memorial
Charles Davis is commemorated on this cenotaph in Fort Langley, British Columbia -
Memorial
Cenotaph at Fort Langley, BC -
Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 919 of 1140. Buried in Courcelette. Subsequently, his grave could not be located, and his sacrifice was commemorated at the VIMY MEMORIAL.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Herbert Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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