Sergeant Charles Hamnett Pinhey Memorial Plaque

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Charles Hamnett Pinhey. He was born in April 1891 at Pinhey’s Point and farmed the ancestral lands of his family. He was a member of the 43^rd Regiment, Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles for three years before enlisting in the 38^th Battalion in January 1915.

He served with the 38^th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda form August 1915 to May 1916. The Battalion left for England in June and by mid-August was occupying trenches east of Ypres. In September 1916, they joined the Canadian Corps in the Somme operations.

Charles Hamnett Pinhey was declared missing and presumed dead on November 18, 1916. Having no known grave, he is one of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers memorialized on the Vimy Memorial.

The St Mary’s Anglican Church First World War Roll of Honour and Second World War Roll of Honour are also located here.

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In loving memory of
Serg't Charles Hamnett Pinhey
A Coy 38th Royal Ottawa's
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Killed in Action at the
Battle of the Somme, France
18th Nov 1916 - Aged 25 years
"It is sweet to die for one's country"
Erected by a sorrowing father