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Hector (Edgar) Charland

In memory of:

Private Hector (Edgar) Charland

September 18, 1916
Vecquemont, France

Military Service

Service Number:

417289

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 1, 1896
Fortierville, Lotbinière, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 20, 1915
Québec, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Alphonse-Edgar Charland. Son of Alphonse Charland and Clémentine Chandonnet (deceased in 1911), of Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec. His father remarried to Marie-Louise Mercier in 1914 and he died five months later.

When he enlisted, Edgar stated being born in 1897 and used « Hector » as his first name. He named Philippe Chandonnet, his maternal uncle, form Porcupine, Cochrane, Ontario, as next of kin and heir.

Severely wounded during the Battle of Courcelette, Edgar was evacuated to 1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station, then located in Vicquemont, near Amiens, where he died shortly after.

Commemorated on Page 66 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 17.

Location:

Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres west of Albert. The WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the east side of the village and the EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 689 of 958.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 689 of 958.
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 20 May 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse 20 May 1916
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