A Week of Remembrance, Day 4

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 4 remembers 5 men who died between August 16, 1917 and October 26, 1917.

Private Frederick Arthur Barker

No verified photograph of Private Frederick Arthur Barker has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 745018
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 19th Bn.
• Date of death: August 16, 1917
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. CVWM: "Son of the late Mr. F. and Mrs. S. Barker." (no place); Legion: enlisted Uxbridge, Ontario. No township tie; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Vimy Memorial
• 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/1564964); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Joseph John Byers

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

• Service number: 839104
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: September 13, 1917
• Hometown: Owen Sound
• Local tie: Existing: 147th no. 839104, enlisted Owen Sound (Legion); but CVWM: "Son of Thomas and Edith Byers, of Owen Sound, Ontario." No township address; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension (III. F. 6.)
• 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/51518); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Charles Wilmer Galbraith

Private Charles Wilmer Galbraith. Photo: Toronto Telegram, November 1917, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 838889
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: October 26, 1917 (killed in action, attack in vicinity of passchendaele)
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: CVWM next of kin: "Son of Mary A. Galbraith, of Chatsworth, Ontario, and the late James Galbraith."; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial (Panel 30 and 32)
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1592338); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Melville Geddes Henry

No verified photograph of Private Melville Geddes Henry has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838091
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: October 26, 1917
• Hometown: Owen Sound
• Local tie: Existing: 147th no. 838091, enlisted Owen Sound; but Legion 464: "Son of Mr. C.F Henry & Elizabeit Henry of Owen Sound"; on Owen Sound Collegiate tablet. No township address; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial (Panel 30 and 32)
• 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/1592986); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private William John McKessock

Private William John McKessock. Photo: Owen Sound Sun, December 1917, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 838703
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: October 26, 1917 (killed in action, attack west of passchendaele)
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: CVWM next of kin: "Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McKessock, of Chatsworth, Ontario."; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial (Panel 30 and 32)
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1594244); 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.