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Charles Russell Chaffey

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Charles Russell Chaffey

March 10, 1917
France

Military Service


Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Manchester Regiment

Division:

23rd Battalion

Additional Information


Born:

October 31, 1888
Adelaide, Australia

Enlistment:

September 18, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Mrs. M. E. Chaffey, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Commemorated on Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Fonchette Chyd. Mem. 5.

Location:

Fouquescourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 35.5 kilometres east of Amiens and 8 kilometres due north of Roye. The Fouquescourt British Cemetery is a little north of the village on the east side of the road to Maucourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918".  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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