Charles Henry Verney 85800 Driver 1st Reserve Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery September 12, 1889 Oxfordshire, England November 28, 1914 Fredericton, New Brunswick Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 29th Battery, Canadian Garrison Battery (recruit) 25 5 feet, 8 inches Grey Black Single Presser/Dyer Church of England Henry Critcher (Uncle) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) June 16, 1919 (England) Charles Verney was the nephew of Henry Critcher and was living with his Aunt and Uncle on Commerical St, in Yarmouth in 1911. He enlisted on November 28, 1914, and trained in Canada until February 1915 with the 23rd Battery, 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He went overseas to England on February 23, 1915, and on September 16, 1915 embarked Southampton, England, for service in France. He served in France with the No.2 Section, Divisional Ammunition Column. Charles was granted permission to marry on November 9, 1917. Annie Verney was living in Chelsea, England. He served in France until February 14, 1919 when he returned to England. The Divisional Ammunition Column collected ammunition from the Army Service Corps Divisional Ammunition Park for onward transportation to a re-filling point where it could be transferred to a Brigade Ammunition Column. Charles was discharged in England on June 16, 1919. His proposed residence at discharge was Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, UK.

Charles Henry Verney

Source: WWI Military Records Canadian Census 1911, 1921.