Charles Edgar Heath

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772898

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

August 26th, 1918

Cemetery:

Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - IV.F.9.

Commemorated at:

Sons of England Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Plymouth

Address at enlistment:

97 Ontario Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

97 Ontario Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Adams Wagon Works

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During an attack on enemy positions near Cambrai Road he was struck in the body by enemy machine gun bullets, and died from the effect of his wounds very shortly afterwards.

BX September 9, 1918

Mrs. F. Heath, 150 Eagle Avenue, on Saturday reported official information that her husband, Pte. Charles Edgar Heath had been killed in action on Aug. 26. Previous to enlistment he was employed at the Adams Wagon Works. He left Brantford with the 125th Battalion. He leaves a wife and two little children.

BX September 10, 1918

The late Pte. Edgar Heath, who was reported killed in action in yesterday’s paper, comes of a very patriotic family. One brother, Pte. Clarence Heath, went overseas with the 84th battalion and has been wounded twice and is again in the firing line. Another brother, Pte. Frederick James Heath, has been reported missing, believed killed, since Vimy Ridge, and an older brother, Syd, is in the Imperial army. His wife, Mrs. Edith Heath, has an only brother in khaki, who has been wounded in the arm and a brother-in-law, Pte. Ben Rodgers, who has been wounded in the arm and leg. She also has a brother-in-law who is an officer in the British Navy. Truly this family has been hit hard, but they have given themselves freely to their King and country. The sympathy of a large number of friends will be extended to the bereaved wife and mother.