Name: Service No. Rank Service Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Enlistment Place of Enlistment Date of Death Age Cemetery/Memorial Grave Reference

Charles Donald Webb SF21481 Gunner 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Artillery April 22, 1930 Halifax, Nova Scotia January 17, 1952 Halifax, Nova Scotia June 16, 1952 22 United Nations Cemetery (Busan), South Korea Plot 21. Row 1. Grave 1262 Commemorated on Page 77 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance Charles Donald Webb was the son of Henry Edward Webb (1892-1959) and Ada Blanche (Deal) Webb (1897-1943) of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His father was born in Halifax, and his mother was born in Upper Musquodoboit, also in Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. Charles was the brother of Sylpha Dorothy Ellen Webb Bookholt (1919-2008), Norman Edward Webb (b. 1921), Margaret Etta ‘Bunny’ Webb Blackburn (1924-2015), Arthur Russell Webb (1926-2008), Ruby Eileen Webb (1928-1929), Douglas Lawrence Webb (1932-1997), Norma Edna Webb Gunn (1935-2004), Sheila Mae Webb Matthews (1939-2007), and Shirley Webb. Charles’ sister Margaret served in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) during the Second World War. During the Korean War, Charles enlisted in January of 1952 and served with the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA). In May of 1952, the 1 RCHA replaced 2 RCHA in South Korea. In the 25th Brigade in 1952, many raids were conducted by the 1st Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment (1RCR), supported by 1RCHA’s A Battery. A bond of mutual admiration grew between the battery and the RCR to the point where the guns of A Battery had the RCR crest painted on them. Gunner Charles Douglas Webb was killed in action in Korea three months after enlisting, on June 16, 1952, whilst serving with the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial