Pte. Charles David ROBERTS

1888 - 1918  (30 years)

• Name	Charles David ROBERTS
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	23 Apr 1888	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  alt birth	Grand Forks, , North Dakota, U.S.A.
  	attestion papers
  Census-Household Member	1891	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	farmer
  Census-Household Member	1901	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Farmer
  Gravestone	Forester's Falls, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Killed in Action in France WW I
  	Address: Howard Cemetery Forester's Falls, Ontario Canada
  Military	19 Jun 1916	Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	50th Batallion, Canadian Infantry, Albert Regiment; service #895160
  Name	Clarence D Roberts  [2]
  Death	11 Aug 1918	Hallu, Pas-de-Calais, France   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Vimy Ridge, Pas de Calais, France
  	Address: Vimy Memorial Vimy, Pas de Calais France
  Person ID	I50524833	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	George ROBERTS,   b. 23 Jan 1854, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Dec 1942, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Catherine BURTON,   b. 9 Dec 1852, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Nov 1915, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F16671614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		FF-Trinity United Church Forester`s Falls Plaque honouring deceased members in WW1
  		Roberts, Charles Photograph from the collection of Mary Ellen Horner, 2023
  		Roberts, Charles & unknown Photograph from the collection of Mary Ellen Horner, 2023
  		Roberts, Charles Photograph from the collection of Mary Ellen Horner, 2023
  		Roberts, Charles & unknown women Photograph from the collection of Mary Ellen Horner, 2023

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		FFHX - Forester's Falls War Memorial Unveiled The Cobden Sun Jun 20, 1920 newspaper clipping
  		FFHx-Forester's Falls War Memorial article The Cobden Sun, originally published June 24, 1920
  		FFHx-War Memorial Tablet unveiled at Trinity United Church Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Harold Bennett, held at the Cobden Legion
  		Roberts, Pte. Charles David CWGC Certificate CWGC. “Private Charles David Roberts War Casualty Details 1573575 CWGC.” www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1573575/charles-david-roberts Accessed 15 Jan. 2023.

  
  

  Histories

  Roberts, Pte. Charles David military service summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  ROBERTS 1891 census @ca.on.113i2 family 085 @ca.on.renfrew.ross division 2 p19 film t6365 10 ROBERTS George M 1891-37 married - Ont Que Ire Methodist farmer 11 ROBERTS { ? } Catherine F 1891-37 married wife Ont Ont Ont Methodist 12 ROBERTS Jane F 1891-13 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 13 ROBERTS Mabel F 1891-9 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 14 ROBERTS Maggie F 1891-7 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 15 ROBERTS Elizabeth F 1891-6 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 16 ROBERTS William M 1891-4 - son Ont Ont Ont Methodist 17 ROBERTS Charles M 1891-3 - son Ont Ont Ont Methodist 18 ROBERTS Myrtle F 1891-9/12 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist Perth Courier, March 29, 1918 Charles D. Roberts, son of George Roberts of Cobden went west a few yea rs go and was employed in a bank at Winnipeg. From there he went furth er west and had the misfortune to be caught in a snow slide and the repo rt went out that he had been killed. But he had not and in the early da ys of the war he enlisted and went to the front. There he was gassed a nd his sister Mrs. (Rev.) May saw his name in the casualty lists and wro te to the address given and to her surprise and joy she received a rep ly to her letter from her brother. Census-Household Member: Role: Household Member Role: Household Member Military: b. Grand Forks, ND April 23, 1888 Grain Buyer fiancee Miss Louise MacFarlane, Mecheche, Alberta age 28 years & 1 month 5' 5 1/2", 145 lbs. Enlisted into 191st Batallion Fair complexion, grey brown eyes and dark hair Embarked in Halifax aboard Sanonia on Mar 28, 1917 Proceeded to 50th Batallion in field Jun 21, 1917 Oct 1, 1917 suffered gas poisoning; returned to duty Oct 5th "Killed in Action" Hit in the abdomen by shrapnel and killed, during a slight withdrawal in the vicinity of Hallu.

  
  

• Sources

  [S624610] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S624588] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S625920] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S625583] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S625919] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S625929] Canada., Mil-Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx.).