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Military service
Service number:
2808
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Birth:
April 16, 1892
Perth, Ontario
Enlistment:
Lethbridge, Alberta
Death:
May 10, 1921
Perth, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Section 73.
Additional information
Son of Arthur L. and Mary A. Charlton, of Perth, Ontario. He was survived by his parents and six siblings: Anna of Geneva, N.Y., Lindsay of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Lillian, Isobel, Hilda and Arnold of Perth, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Wilford Charlton
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Biography
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Plaque
Methodist Church memorial now located at St.Paul's United Church in Perth, Ontario. -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial at Perth Collegiate in memory of ex-students who participated in the Great War. -
Newspaper Clipping 3
From the Perth Courier for 9 March 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping 4
From the Perth Courier for 30 July 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping
First part of a letter published in the Perth Courier for 6 August 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
Second part of a letter published in the Perth Courier for 6 August 1915. -
Attestation paper
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Attestation Papers (Back)
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Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
Digital gallery of
Private Wilford Charlton
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Private Wilford Charlton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 555 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PERTH (ELMWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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