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Military service
Service number:
412139
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Elizabeth Jane Mathews.
Digital gallery of Private Charles James Mathews
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Memorial Page
Charles Mathews is honoured on page 51 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
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
Pte. Charles James Matthews' name appears on the Gananoque Ontario War Memorial. -
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Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
Digital gallery of
Private Charles James Mathews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 133 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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