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Charles Barlow

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
690265
Unit at enlistment: 
173rd Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
August 25th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension - Pas de Calais, France - I.N.7.
Commemorated at: 
Sacred Heart Church (Paris), Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cemetery Memorial Pillar, Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Lancashire
Birth city: 
Liverpool
Address at enlistment: 
Emerald Street, Hamilton, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carder
Employer: 
Penmans No. 9 Mill
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
26
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds at No. 9 Canadian Field Ambulance.

BX September 10, 1917

Charles Barlow

The Misses Barlow, St. George St., received the fateful message on Friday that their brother, Private Charles Barlow had died of wounds in a field ambulance on Aug. 29. Private Barlow enlisted with the 173rd Highlanders in Hamilton, and went overseas last October. On arrival in England he was transferred to the 116th and went to France on March 17th of this year, and has been in the trenches since that time. Deceased who was in his 28th year, was born in Liverpool, Eng., and came to Paris six years ago, where he had made many friends by his quiet and unassuming manner, and who will learn of his death with sincere regret. He was a devout member of the Church of the Sacred Heart. A brother William, of the Manchester Regiment, was killed in action a week previously. He leaves to mourn his loss two brothers, Thomas at Salonika, and John in the North Sea fleet and four sisters, the Misses Mary, Charlotte and Margaret of Paris, and Anne of Montreal.

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