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Private Charles Ambrose Flowerday

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1896-05-07
Place of birth: Great Yarmouth Suffolk England
Next of kin: Agnes Clark, sister. Cardiff, Wales
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: New Lowell, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 642662
Highest Rank: Private (1st Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-11-28 to 1917-04-09
  2. Private (Army). 1915-12-28 to 1916-11-28
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vicinity of Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, believed Killed, now Killed in Action
Commemoration location: http://bhc-who-died-in-the-first-world-war.silk.co/page/642662

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 297147
LAC ID: 394687
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3158-S017
Uploader's Notes:

Son of David and Martha Flowerday. By 1901 the father David had died and the Widowed Martha had moved to Haven Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire Wales with her 3 Children.On 28 May 1910 a 13 year old Charles leaves Liverpool on the ship Sicilian and arrives at Quebec City on 10 June 1910 with a Party of Barnardo Home Children bound for Toronto. In 1911 Charles Ambrose Flowerday is a Labourer in the home of Mary and Ezra Trumm in Gainsboro Lincoln Ontario. Charles enlisted with the Barrie Headquartered 157th Canadian Infantry Battalion (called Simcoe Foresters) in December of 1915. The 157th Battalion arrived in England on 28 October 1916 and this battalion was broken up and Pte Charles Flowerday was posted to the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion( from Western Ontario) effective 28 Nov 1916. Former Barnardo Home Child Private Charles Ambrose Flowerday was first repoted missing the confirmed Killed in Action near Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917.

His Circumstances of Casualty form lists him as a Methodist rather than a Presbyterian.

Uploader's Research notes:
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 157th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-03-31