A Week of Remembrance, Day 5

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 5 remembers 5 men who died between October 26, 1917 and March 23, 1918.

Corporal John McLeod

Corporal John McLeod. Photo: Owen Sound Sun, January 1918, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 838792
• 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. Angus McLeod, 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/1594310); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Thomas Brooks

No verified photograph of Private Thomas Brooks has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838025
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: October 26, 1917
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: CVWM contributor note (attestation): "Lists his present address as Chatsworth Ontario"; 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/922442); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private James Noble Bowman

Private James Noble Bowman. Photo: Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 838801
• Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
• Date of death: October 30, 1917
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No Chatsworth address appears in his records; he enlisted at Owen Sound with the 147th Battalion, raised in Grey County.; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Oxford Road Cemetery (I. H. II.)
• 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/439061); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Gunner Russell Alexander Dennison

Gunner Russell Alexander Dennison. Photo: Owen Sound Sun, February 1918, via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

• Service number: 104203
• Unit: Canadian Field Artillery 4th Bde.
• Date of death: November 15, 1917
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: Legion 464: "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dennison, Chatsworth"; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (III. E. 3.)
• 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/78430); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Austin Clarence Warren Hopkins

No verified photograph of Private Austin Clarence Warren Hopkins has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838881
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 58th Bn.
• Date of death: March 23, 1918 (died of wounds)
• Hometown: Chatsworth
• Local tie: CVWM next of kin: "Son of John and Rhoda Ann Hopkins, of Chatsworth, Ontario"; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Anzin-St Aubin British Cemetery (IV. A. 14.)
• Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/190613); 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.