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Charles Alfred Wass
ca 1892 - October 1, 1918
865750 52 Batt
Canadian Expeditionary Force
"You know I am sorry that I have not wrote before as I have not had time. We have been busy over here just now..." Charles Wass, France circa 1917
France 22nd
Well Norm just a few lines to let you know I am still all right and hope
you folks are the same. Well tell Eula that I have got my eyes open yet
looking for that parcel which you have sent. As it is not arrived here
yet of course you know it takes quite a long time to get to me. You
know I am sorry that I have not wrote before as I have not had time. We
have been busy over here just now.
This is from Pte Charles Wass 865750 52 Batt BEF France. You see Norm
that we have to put our address in the centre of our letter.
Please send me something to read as we can't get anything over here.
Send me a good book if you can. I am waiting for a letter from Walter
Tansley. If he joins up tell him that when he gets to England tell him
to come to the 52 Batt then we can be together over here. Well this is
all just now as I have got to clean up for morning parade.
Goodby, give my love to Eula and the Children.
From Charlie
Submitted by Norma Cloes Gelinas
Norma's Note: I came upon these letters during an investigation into my family history
and felt bound to find out something about Charles. Charles was a Barnardo child sent to Canada aboard the
SS Southwark in 1905. He landed in Quebec on July 1, 1905 at age 13.
Charles' will names my grandfather Norman Franklin Cloes as his sole
heir and lists him as "friend".
Charles died on October 1, 1918 and is buried in Chambrai France
according to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
He is not forgotten.
Lorine's Note:
I found Charles' in the online CEF database. Here is his information for anyone wanting to search this further
WASS , CHARLES ALFRED
Regimental number 865750
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10113 - 53
Charles is also found in the Virtual War Memorial He is buried in the Canada Cemetery in Tilloy-les-Cambrai, a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai, France. He is also commemorated on Page 519 of the
First World War Book of Remembrance.
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