A Week of Remembrance, Day 7

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 7 remembers 4 men who died between August 8, 1918 and August 14, 1918.

Private William Earl Foster

No verified photograph of Private William Earl Foster has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 838943
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 58th Bn.
• Date of death: August 8, 1918
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: 147th Bn only (raised in Grey County, enlisted Owen Sound). The address is not in the township. Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Hourges Orchard Cemetery, Domart-Sur-La-Luce (B. 5.)
• 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/259938); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Lance Sergeant Thomas Alexander Chisholm

No verified photograph of Lance Sergeant Thomas Alexander Chisholm has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 931592
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Bn.
• Date of death: August 8, 1918
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. Clan Chisholm Society, Roll of Honour Vol IV: "Although from British Columbia, Thomas's name appears on the Chatsworth Memorial in Ontario. His father grew up there, and this is the place where his grandfather, Thomas A. Chisholm, from Urray in Scotland, settled." (https://www.clanchisholmsociety.org/public/docs/WW1/WW1_Vol_4_France_part2_1_1.pdf). Secondary source; note that it gives his birthplace as Warner, Idaho, while CVWM gives Fort Steele, BC. Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Beaucourt British Cemetery (B. 35.)
• 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/306258); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Private Otto Molson

No verified photograph of Private Otto Molson has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 782338
• Unit: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) 46th Bn.
• Date of death: August 10, 1918 (killed in action, trench north of Fouquescourt)
• Hometown: Born in Williamsford, Ontario (Legion record); his father, John Molson, was of Chatsworth (CVWM)
• Local tie: CVWM next of kin: "Son of John Molson 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/1571978); Chatsworth Legion Branch 464 honour roll; Chatsworth Cenotaph inscription (VAC National Inventory).

Corporal Howard Leslie Elliott

No verified photograph of Corporal Howard Leslie Elliott has been found. The silhouette stands in for him.

• Service number: 868303
• Unit: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force 116th Bn.
• Date of death: August 14, 1918
• Hometown: Unknown
• Local tie: No documented tie to Chatsworth, Holland or Sullivan found beyond his name on the Chatsworth Cenotaph. No CVWM additional info; Legion: born Dec 27, 1890, enlisted "Whitby, Ontario". No township tie; Named on the Chatsworth Cenotaph (VAC National Inventory inscription).
• Burial or memorial: Bouchoir New British Cemetery (II. B. 68.)
• 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/308436); 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.