Remembering World War I Yarmouth Connections

Charles E. Stingel Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) Division: 52nd Battalion/3rd Battalion Regimental Number: 438072 Rank: Corporal Date of Birth: August 15, 1889 Place of Birth: Carleton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Trade: Locomotive Fireman (Canadian Pacific Railway, Fort William, Ontario) Marital Status: Single Place of Enlistment: Fort William, Ontario Address at Enlistment: Fort William, Ontario Date of Enlistment: December 19, 1914 Age at Enlistment: 25 Prior Military Experience: No Next of Kin: Ronald Stingel, Carleton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia (Father) Address at Enlistment: Fort William, Ontario Date of Death: April 9, 1917 Age at Death: 28 Cause of Death: Killed in Action (Vimy Ridge) Read: Letters from the Front (letters written by Charles Stingel) Buried at: Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: II. A. 17. Thelus village, which stands on the Vimy Ridge, was captured by the Canadian Corps on the 9th April, 1917, and it remained in British hands until the end of the War. The commune contains Battle Memorials of the 1st Canadian Division and (at Les Tilleuls) the Canadian Artillery. Bois-Carre British Cemetery was begun by units of the 1st Canadian Division in April 1917, and used until the following June. Commemorated on Page 333 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)