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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.
Corporal Charles Stingel
Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)