PAGE Charles

1911 Census
Berwyn, West Malvern
William Everard Page, head, aged 56
Sarah Ann Page, wife, aged 60
Evelyn Page, daughter, aged 29
Charles Page, son, aged 22, Gardener (Domestic), born West Malvern

Charles Page enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 21st February 1917 at Toronto, Canada. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 26th November 1888 in Worcestershire, England, his next of kin as his wife, Eleanor Alice Mabel Page, Dean Croft, South Drive, Toronto, Canada and his occupation as a Gardener. He sailed from Liverpool on the Empress of Ireland on 16th July 1909, bound for Quebec, Canada. He was 5 feet 9¼ inches tall with grey eyes, dark brown hair and a medium complexion.

Charles sailed from Canada on the SS Scotian on 20th November 1917, arriving in England on 7th December 1917. He remained in England until 7th April 1918 when he was posted overseas to join the 58th Battalion in France. He was reported wounded and missing on 27th/28th August 1918. On 21st August 1919 an entry in his service records states ‘now presumed for official purposes to have died on or since 27th/28th August 1918’. On 5th October 1920 memorial crosses were despatched to his wife, Mrs M.E.A. Page, 17 Beverley Road, Southall, Middlesex, England and his mother, Mrs Sarah Ann Page, Berwyn, West Malvern, England.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7532 – 39.

Charles Page has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vimy Memorial.