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Son of H. R. and Ethel M. Hobkirk, of 125, Bingham Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Hobkirk
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Hobkirk
Taken 16 February 2008 by Mick Brand
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Hobkirk
A stained glass two light window by R MCCausland was installed at Grace on the Hill Anglican Church in Toronto in 1919 in memory of a parishioner Lt Charles Hamilton Hobkirk who died at the Battle of Courcelette during WWI. The window features Jesus on the cross. Standing near the cross are Jesus' mother Mary (the wife of Joseph), and his mother's sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene. "To the glory of God in loving memory of Lt Charles Hamilton Hobkirk killed in action at the Battle of Courcelette in 1916, age 19"
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Taken 16 February 2008 by Mick Brand
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A stained glass two light window by R MCCausland was installed at Grace on the Hill Anglican Church in Toronto in 1919 in memory of a parishioner Lt Charles Hamilton Hobkirk who died at the Battle of Courcelette during WWI. The window features Jesus on the cross. Standing near the cross are Jesus' mother Mary (the wife of Joseph), and his mother's sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene. "To the glory of God in loving memory of Lt Charles Hamilton Hobkirk killed in action at the Battle of Courcelette in 1916, age 19"
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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