Charles Henry Venables

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772416

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Manchester

Address at enlistment:

16 Alfred Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

16 Alfred Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Gas fitter

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 11, 1966

Charles Venables, 79 of 7 Alfred Street, died Monday in the Brantford general Hospital. He was born in Salsford, England, and had been a resident of Brantford for many years. Mr. Venables was a life member of Ozias Masonic Lodge, No. 508, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 90, had played in the Canadian Legion Band, a member of St. Jude’s Church, and during the First World War served with the 125th Battalion in the band. He was a retired supervisor of Dominion Natural Gas Company where he had been employed for over 50 years. Surviving are one son, John Venables of Corinth, N.Y; one grandson; four great-grandchildren. His wife the former Jane Mercer, died in 1950. Mr. Venables is at the Beckett Funeral Home for service Thursday at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Farringdon Burial Ground. Rev. R.A.E. Ruch of St. Jude’s Anglican Church will officiate.