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Charles James Townshend Stewart

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Charles James Townshend Stewart

September 28, 1918

Military Service


Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Service Order and Bar

Additional Information


Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Col. Charles Stewart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 507 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:

I. D. 2.

Location:

Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Honour– From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923.  This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.
  • Memorial Tablet– Lieutenat-Colonel Charles James Townshend Stewart is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during  the First World War.  Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
355 Lt Col Charles James Townshend Stewart DSO (RMC 1895) was the son of Col. Charles Stewart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.) He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He died 28 Sep 1918 at 44 years of age. He was buried in the Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion in Nord, France.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
355 Lt Col Charles James Townshend Stewart DSO (RMC 1895) was the son of Col. Charles Stewart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.) He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He died 28 Sep 1918 at 44 years of age. He was buried in the Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion in Nord, France.
  • Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
355 Lt Col Charles James Townshend Stewart DSO (RMC 1895) was the son of Col. Charles Stewart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.) He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He died 28 Sep 1918 at 44 years of age. He was buried in the Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion in Nord, France.
  • Badge– 355 Lt Col Charles James Townshend Stewart DSO (RMC 1895) was the son of Col. Charles Stewart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.) He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He died 28 Sep 1918 at 44 years of age. He was buried in the Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion in Nord, France.
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