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Military service
Service number:
40727
Age:
26
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
3rd Bty. 1st Bde.
Birth:
January 24, 1888
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Charles and Marjory C. C. Watson, of Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Driver Charles Watson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Charles Watson is honoured on page 24 and 25 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Group from 3rd Bty photo taken in U.K. Gnr. Charles Watson - Back row, middle (marked)
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Roll of Honour
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque.<P> (No star beside name of Charles Watson to indicate he was killed in action.)<P>Photo courtesy of Chris Andrew.
Digital gallery of
Driver Charles Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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