Chadwick, Louis: Service no. 54150

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Digitized Service Record

Source: September 1916 K.I.A.

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Family Search: When Private Louis Chadwick was born on 21 January 1879, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Chadwick, was 24 and his mother, Ann J. Chadwick, was 23. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Bramley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Armley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as coalminer. He died on 15 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 37, and is commemorated at Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Service record contains interesting documentation regarding family members trying to determine the status of this soldier’s estate regarding his will and his intentions.

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“Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.”
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