Charles Forrest Patterson

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
541643
Unit at enlistment: 
3rd Divisional Signal Company
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 13th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Tyne Cot Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - Sp. Mem. 67.
Commemorated at: 
B.C.I. High School Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Haldimand
Birth city: 
Rainham Township, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
697 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
697 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Student
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
21

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Working at Passchendaele. 

BX November 27, 1917

Charles Forrest Patterson Reported Killed in Action

Sapper Charles Forrest Patterson, son of Rev. J.R. Patterson, a former pastor of the Wellington Street Methodist Church, has been killed in action according to word received in the city today. He was overseas with the 4th Divisional Signal Company, of the Canadian Engineers. He was the eldest son of Rev. J.R. Patterson who is now in charge of a Toronto church. He was in his 21st year. He was killed in action on November 13.