Charles Leonard McKie

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
141958
Unit at enlistment: 
76th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
September 15th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated at: 
Paris Presbyterian Church, Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Paris, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Knitter
Employer: 
Penmans Sweater Department
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
18

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He was killed during the advance and capture of Courcelette. No further information as to the actual circumstances under which he met his death is available.

BX October 13, 1916

Private Charles McKie (Upper Town), Paris, is reported to have been wounded September 15 in the fight for Combles. 

BX November 2, 1916

Today’s casualty list also reports Private Charles Leonard McKie previously reported wounded as killed in action. This was unofficially reported in the Expositor on Tuesday.

BC December 16, 1916

Private Charles Leonard McKie was killed in action during the severe fighting around Combles; on Sept. 18th. 1916. He was the youngest son of the late Peter and Mrs. McKie, being born in Paris years ago, and was employed in the Sweater Dept., of Penman Ltd., at the outbreak of hostilities. He enlisted in the 76th Batt., and went overseas with a draft in Sept., 1915, later crossing to France, being attached to a signalling corps. A widow and baby daughter are left to mourn his demise, as also three brothers and one sister Andrew and William of Hamilton and Robert and Margaret of Paris. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.