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Levi Charman

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
07/09/1892
Geboorteplaats:
Fowey, Cornwall, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Slager
Geloof:
Church of England

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
622106
Dienstneming datum:
23/12/1914
Dienstneming plaats:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Eenheden:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 52nd Bn. (North Ontario)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
27/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Bellevue, Passendale, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
25

Gedenkplaats

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 3

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats
#3 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Levi Charman was a 25-year-old butcher from Cornwall, Fowly. In 1913 he immigrated to Canada. On the 23rd of December 1914 he enlisted as a private at Winnipeg and joined the 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 9th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. In the summer of 1916 Levi was wounded by a shell and sent back to England. There he would marry Bella Seager on April 1st, 1917.

On 25 October 1917 the 3rd Canadian Division prepared an attack on the Bellevue Spur near Passchendaele. Two companies of the 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, namely “C” and “D” company were in close support of the 43rd and 58th battalions C.E.F. “C” company took up position behind the brick fields near Waterloo and “D” company positioned itself between Berlin Wood and Berlin. “A” and “B” company were in reserve at Abraham Heights.

The attack began at 5.40 a.m. on 26 October. The companies that went up with the 43rd and 58th Canadian Infantry battalions were able to advance and clear pillboxes at Bellvue. At 8:30 a.m. they had to fall back under heavy artillery fire, but were able to keep a foothold on the ridge. In the afternoon the rest of the 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion finished clearing the positions at Bellevue and Laamkeek. At night the lines were consolidated.

On the 27th the new lines of 58th Canadian Infantry Battalion were shelled by the Germans, causing casualties and cutting communication lines. Some men were also hit by a sniper or machine gun fire. On the night of the 27th they were relieved and sent back into support at Abraham Heights. Private Levi Charman was killed in action on 27 October 1917 while holding the line at Bellevue. His body was not recovered after the war and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Bay 30, Stone N.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/922805/l-charman/
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Library and Archives Canada
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=97238
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Library and Archives Canada (War Diary)
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/war-diaries.aspx
Gebruikte bronnen
McCarthy C. "Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account" (London, Uniform, 2018).
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