Family Search: When Private Martin Lewis Church was born on 9 February 1896, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Michael Casper Church, was 22 and his mother, Emma Jane Rule, was 22. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as moulder, canadian westinghouse in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
American in Canadian service.
Sat, Jun 03, 1916 ·Page 16.
Interesting entry in service record: a charge sheet. First one I have seen since starting this project.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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