Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Charles Colin Standish
In memory of:
Lieutenant Charles Colin Standish
May 9, 1917
Military Service
28
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
19th Bn.
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
October 4, 1888
Swansea, Wales
November 11, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Charles and Annie Standish, of Swansea, Wales. Lieutenant Standish was a descendant of Standish de Standish.
Commemorated on Page 331 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
V. J. 5.
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Charles Standish -
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Newspaper Clipping – Lt. Charles Colin Standish was born in Swansea, Wales. In honoured memory. -
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Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
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Newspaper clipping – Newspaper clipping source from The Leamington Post (Leamington, Ontario). Also noting error in name of medal received in this news clip. RIP Lt. Standish
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