L/Cpl
Charles Barclay Forrest
Information about birth
Date of birth: 20/06/1883 |
Place of birth: Bluevale, Ontario, Canada |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 644770 |
Units: — Canadian Infantry, 58th Bn. (Central Ontario) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 26/10/1917 |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 34 |
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 30 |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 1
War diaries - 58th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4942, Microfilm reel number: T-10749, File number: 446). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1592221 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=fa8ccbd0-4e89-4295-8bb5-2a1a2148c5e5 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5872026 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1592221 |