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Lieutenant Charles Dayrell Shreve

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-11-23
Place of birth: Digby Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: mother: Mary A. Shreve, Digby, Nova Scotia
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Law Student
Address: Digby, Nova Scotia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-10-07
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Bourlon Wood Cemetery, I. F. 8.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Awards

Military Cross

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 596515
LAC ID: 227856
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B8885-S006
Uploader's Notes:

Charles Dayrell Shreve, a son of Thomas Caleb Shreve and Mary Ann Dakin.

Citation for award of Military Cross: Lt. (A./Capt.) Charles Dayrell Shreve, F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While the battery was firing a barrage it was heavily shelled, and two ammunition dumps were set on fire. He kept all his guns in action, and himself threw buckets of water on the burning ammunition, besides assisting the wounded and going from gun to gun to steady the men.[Supplement to the London Gazette, 25 April, 1918. Number 30651. Page 5025.]
Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Field Artillery 9th Brigade Military Cross ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-25