CANADIAN MEMORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR

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A WW1 VICTORY MEDAL POWELL 420662 43rd

CANADIAN INFANTRY CAMERON HIGHLANDERS

below I have listed their battle honours,...
and I have also included a photo of the medal and attestation papers,
also ive included a photo of No 73 St peters street Croydon

as it is today ,

at the moment I am unable to find out why he ,
enlisted in Winnipeg Canada

also his address was listed as 25 Tate road Croydon,

this is his mothers address, crossed out and his wife's name etc. added

this address i believe is where No 25 tate road once, stood i think the original house was demolished at some point , and the rest of the houses as well, in this row to be replaced by modern houses

as seen in the 3rd photo

PTE 420662 CHARLES HENRY POWELL BORN CROYDON 1888 - SIGNED UP DEC 29th 1914 IN WINNIPEG - CANADA His Profession was listed as a RAILROAD WORKER ADDRESS ,

25 TATE ROAD CROYDON ENGLAND - HIS WIFE ALICE WAS STILL LIVING IN 73 ST PETERS STREET
CROYDON ENGLAND ?
Wars and Operations Battle Honour Date Remarks
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October) Ypres, 1915 22 April – 25 May 1915
Perpetuates the 43rd, 174th and 179th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
43rd Bn C.E.F. - "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1916-18)
174th Bn C.E.F. -
the great war 1917

179th Bn C.E.F.-
"The Great War, 1916)

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - "Ypres, 1915, '17, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '17, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"

Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October) Festubert, 1915 15-25 May 1915
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive) Mount Sorrel 2-13 June 1916
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916) Somme, 1916 1 July – 18 November 1916
Flers-Courcelette 15-22 September 1916
Ancre Heights 1 October – 11 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917 Arras, 1917 9 April – 4 May 1917
Vimy, 1917 9-14 April 1917
Hill 70 15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917) Ypres, 1917 31 July – 10 Nov. 1917
Passchendaele 12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Advance in Picardy (8 August – 3 September, 1918) Amiens 8-11 August 1918
The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 August – 12 October, 1918) Arras, 1918 26 August – 3 September 1918
Scarpe, 1918 26-30 August 1918
Drocourt-Queant Line 2-3 September 1918
Hindenburg Line, Battles of 12 September – 9 October 1918
Canal du Nord 27 September – 2 October 1918
Cambrai, 1918 8-9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November). Pursuit to Mons 11 November 1918
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18 FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18

in 1916. The 43rd Battalion joined the Battle of the Somme near Courcellette, clearing high ground overlooking Ancre River. On 20 September "D" Company captured a portion of Zollern Trench and on 26 September elements of the 16th Battalion joined the battle at Thiepeal Ridge. On 8 October the 43rd Battalion were back in action at Ancre Heights where they assaulted Regina Trench. The Cameron object...ive was on a reverse slope. The artillery failed to cut the thick barbed wire obstacles, which protected it. Alert enemy defenders met the unsuccessful assault: heavy casualties resulted. Only 6 officers and 67 other ranks were present at roll call the following morning. The Commanding Officer, Lieut. Col. R.M. Thompson was among the dead. The Battle of the Somme ended on 18 November. The result: 125 square miles captured at a cost of 1,265,000 casualties--both Allied and German.
this is a drawing based on that attack