A Week of Remembrance, Day 10

Every day from Nov. 1 to Remembrance Day, The Banner is remembering the 49 men named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, in the order they died. Each entry gives only what the records show: rank, unit, date of death, his tie to our township and where he is buried or commemorated. Where records disagree, we say so. Where a hometown isn't documented, we list it as Unknown.

Day 10 remembers 4 men who died between February 20, 1919 and July 8, 1944.

Private John Edward Tuck

No verified photograph of Private John Edward Tuck has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838743
• Unit: Not recorded on the Legion 464 honour roll; no Canadian Virtual War Memorial record found
• Date of death: February 20, 1919
• Hometown: Bognor
• Local tie: The Legion 464 honour roll lists him as "Son of Mr. Samual Edward & Mrs. Annie Tuck Bognor, Grey County, Ontario"; named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: McLean's Cemetery, Bognor (per the Legion 464 honour roll)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as likely rather than confirmed.
• Source: Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Pilot Officer Edward Clayton Howey

Pilot Officer Edward Clayton Howey. Photo: Markdale Standard, March 2, 1944, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: J/88603
• Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force 431 Sqdn.
• Date of death: February 26, 1944
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: Canadian Virtual War Memorial next of kin: "Son of James and Mary Howey, of Chatsworth, Ontario; husband of Jean Howey"; named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery (Coll. grave A. 8. 24-25)
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2271035); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Corporal William Andrew Doyle

No verified photograph of Corporal William Andrew Doyle has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: A/11415
• Unit: Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
• Date of death: May 28, 1944
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. His Canadian Virtual War Memorial record gives no next of kin, and the Legion 464 honour roll gives only his birth date, July 3, 1909; named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Cassino War Cemetery (V. C. 10.)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as unconfirmed.
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2608887); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Gordon Arthur Powell

Private Gordon Arthur Powell. Photo: Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada; contributor Operation Picture Me.

• Service number: B/144452
• Unit: Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
• Date of death: July 8, 1944
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. His Canadian Virtual War Memorial record lists him as "husband of Evelyn Jean Powell, of Toronto, Ontario"; named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery (XIV. F. 11.)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as unconfirmed.
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2060002); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

About this series

Records used: the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Veterans Affairs Canada), the Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll, and the Veterans Affairs Canada National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials entry for the Chatsworth Cenotaph, with Owen Sound Sun and other newspaper reports where noted. Photographs are from the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada, where they are posted on the soldier's own record. If you have a verified photograph or family record of any of these men, write to news@chatsworthbanner.ca.