A Week of Remembrance, Day 3

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 3 remembers 5 men who died between May 5, 1917 and July 20, 1917.

Private Samuel Andrew Love

Private Samuel Andrew Love. Photo: Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 790345
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 47th Bn.
• Date of death: May 5, 1917 (killed in action, attack at la coulotte)
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: CVWM next of kin: "Son of James and Elizabeth Love, of Chatsworth, Ontario"; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Vimy Memorial
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1570684); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private David Clayton Fraser

Private David Clayton Fraser. Photo: Toronto Telegram, April 1917, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 228392
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 75th Bn.
• Date of death: May 5, 1917
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: Legion 464: "Son of David and Ida Alice Fraser Chatsworth" (CVWM: "of Toronto").; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Brookwood Military Cemetery (IX. E. 12.)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as likely rather than confirmed.
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/399374); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private James Ryan

No verified photograph of Private James Ryan has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 6729
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) 1ST Bn.
• Date of death: May 28, 1917
• Hometown: Owen Sound
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. Legion 464: "Son of Mrs. Barbara Ryan, Owen Sound"; no CVWM additional info. Owen Sound, not township; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery (B10. 219.)
• 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/403550); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Sergeant Alfred Simpson

Sergeant Alfred Simpson. Photo: Owen Sound Sun, July 1917, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 451308
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 58th Bn.
• Date of death: June 28, 1917
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: CVWM contributor note: "1901 Census ... Alfred Simpson Grey North Holland Twp. age 5". The parents are later of Kelowna, BC.; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: La Chaudiere Military Cemetery (IV. C. 10.)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as likely rather than confirmed.
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80883); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Lloyd Russell Kirktown

No verified photograph of Private Lloyd Russell Kirktown has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838315
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) 147th Bn
• Date of death: July 20, 1917
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: Legion 464: "Son of Mrs. Jane Kirktown, Holland Centre, Ontario" (CVWM gives Sault Ste. Marie). 147th Bn no. 838315.; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Shorncliffe Military Cemetery (T. 581)
• Note: His name is on the Chatsworth Cenotaph, but The Banner rates his documented tie to the township as likely rather than confirmed.
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4028837); 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.