Charles Arnold Grant

Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit at enlistment: 
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
September 2nd, 1918
Cemetery: 
Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France - III.D.12.
Commemorated at: 
McMaster University Memorial Plaque, Alberta Law Society Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Paris, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Edmonton, Alberta
Next of kin address: 
Aurora, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Barrister
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
36

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: "Died of Wounds" (Gun shot wounds penetrating)  At about 3 p.m. on the 28th, August 1918, while effecting the disposition of the men of his Company after the capture of Jigsaw Wood, he was severely wounded by an enemy bullet.  After receiving first aid from a Stretcher Bearer he was removed to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station where he died five days later.

BX September 23, 1916

Among the list of wounded appears the name of another old Brant County Boy, Lieut. Charles Arnold Grant son of the late Rev. James Grant, for many years pastor of Paris Baptist Church. Lieut. Grant was wounded on Sept. 17 while fighting with the Princess Pats.

Note: Not Considered Brant County War Dead