Major Charles Elliott Sutcliffe
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Sutcliffe,
Charles Elliott
Date of birth: 1892-05-07
Place of birth: Brampton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Anna E Sutcliffe (mother), Lindsay, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): merchant
Address:
Lindsay, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-06-06
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Lindsay (Riverside) Cemetery, Private vault. Range 11.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Major
Rank detail
- Major (Army).
- Major (Air Force).
- Major, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Captain (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 2756965
LAC ID:
259038
Service file: B9429-S011
Uploader's Notes: Son of F. W. and Anna E. Sutcliffe, of Lindsay, Ont. He was a field officer with the 26th Battalion in France and then joined the Royal Flying Corps. He died after an engagement with enemy aircraft and a crash landing near Cambrai France. He was originally buried in Epinoy France and his body later removed back to Canada by family. He is one of the few Canadians killed in Europe to be buried in Canada.
Uploader's Research notes: [Major Army Canadian Infantry 77th Battalion Major Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion Captain Army Canadian Infantry 77th Battalion Major Air Force Royal Flying Corps 54th Squadron ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2015-05-17