Harold Edward Chaplin

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
55583
Unit at enlistment: 
19th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Commemorated at: 
St. James Anglican Church (Paris), Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Nottinghamshire
Birth city: 
Nottingham
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Bulwell, Nottingham, England
Trade or calling: 
Miner
Employer: 
Penmans No. 1 Mill
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19

Letters and documents

BX October 17, 1916

Another Paris boy, Private Harold Edward Chaplin, is wounded. He is single and 21 years of age. He was formerly employed as a hosiery borderer at Penman’s mill. He left with a draft from the Dufferin Rifles which went on November 6, 1914, and was attached to the 19th Battalion.