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Military service
Service number:
A/3446
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
November 25, 1915
London, Ontario
Death:
October 2, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 1.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Mary Anne (née Millar) Cornelius, of London, Ontario. Brother of John and Elizabeth.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
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Photo of Charles Cornelius
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Press Clipping
Newspaper clipping reporting Charles Cornelius as killed in action. Original of clipping in The RCR Museum, Wolseley Barracks, London ON N5Y 4T7 -
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Entrance
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Plaque
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Stone of Remembrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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City of London Book of Remembrance
City of London Ontario WWII Book of Remembrance (Online edition) Page open at Charles Cornelius entry November 2008
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Cornelius
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 148 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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