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Charles Severs

Rank: 
Sergeant
Regimental number: 
772082
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
March 29th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - XXII.D.15
Commemorated at: 
St. Jude's Anglican Church, I.O.O.F. Obelisk Mohawk Lodge, Mohawk Institute Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
North Yorkshire
Birth city: 
York
Address at enlistment: 
196 Sheridan Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
196 Sheridan Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carpenter
Employer: 
Mohawk Institute
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
33
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot wound head) at St. John’s Ambulance Hospital, Etaples.

BX May 26, 1917 

Sergeant Charles Severs, formerly a carpentry instructor at the Mohawk Institute, has been killed in action, according to word received by Mrs. Packham of 305 Sheridan Street. The word came to Mrs. Packham from Sergt. Sever’s wife, who is now in Wales and who formerly resided at 196 Sheridan Street. Sergeant Severs went overseas with the first overseas battalion from the Dufferin Rifles. He was shot in the brain on March 27, and died two days later.

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