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Second Lieutenant Charles Montague Chaplin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1882-06-25
Place of birth: Leytonstone England
Next of kin: Elizabeth Joan Chaplin, Lumsden, Saskatchewan
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Agent
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-09-26
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 105574
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Second Lieutenant (British Army).
  2. Private (Army).
  3. Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1628479
LAC ID: 95623
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1620-S046
Uploader's Notes: Prior service with 1st Suffolk & Harwich Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of Arthur Edward and Alice Mary Chaplin. Husband of Elizabeth Joan Chaplin, of "Dalreagh," Chaucer Rd., Cambridge.

Original overseas unit 68th Canadian Infantry Battalion. joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 10, 1916. Wounded September 15, 1916. Struck off strength September 17, 1916. Later became a Lieutenant in the British Expeditionary Force.Cambridgeshire Regiment

Medal card of Chaplin, Charles Montague.

Uploader's Research notes:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 68th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Second Lieutenant British Army British Infantry 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-03-08