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Military service
Service number:
41403
Age:
19
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
7th Bty. 2nd Bde.
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of James Hy. and Charlotte Widdicombe, of Bracebridge, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Menin Gate Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Charles Lionel Widdicombe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 182 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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