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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
109073
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
January 22, 1895
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 28, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles and Louisa G. Routledge of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
This photo and article about Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on May 8th, 1918. Routledge's mother had recently been presented with her son's Distinguished Conduct Medal. He received this medal for his bravery when he alone brought in a Lewis machine gun and prevented it from being captured by the enemy. In honoured memory. -
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. 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) -
Photo of CHARLES FRANCIS ROUTLEDGE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Charles Francis Routledge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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