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Military service
Service number:
400677
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
London, Ontario
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIX. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Mary Gleed of London, Ontario. Husband of Hettie D. Gleed of Windsor, Ontario.
Brother of Private George Gleed, who died while serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.).
Digital gallery of Private Charles Edward Gleed
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Grave Marker
Grave marker photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England -
Photo of Charles Edward Gleed
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
WWI window from St. George's Anglican Church, London -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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
From the London Free Press Jan. 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Edward Gleed
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 92 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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