Source: Found during research for Private Henry Kiddle, reg. no. 745109. These men where brothers and Barnardo Boys. They had two other brothers living in England, William and George. William, like Henry, did not survive the war.
Family Search: Charles Edward Kiddle was born on 21 February 1898, in Whitechapel, London, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Kiddle and Ann Wilson. He married Maud Alberta Mackin on 22 August 1922, in Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Canada East, British Colonial America in 1906 and lived in Cresswell, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as farmer in Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 June 1975, at the age of 77, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
The comment:
“I have an addition to this list; my Great Uncle: 745109 Pte Henry Kiddle. He died on the 2nd April 1917 at 30 Casualty Clearing Station, cause of death Pneumonia.
He was sent out to Canada in 1906 with his younger brother Charles, they joined up together and had consecutive numbers. They left behind in England their two older brothers, William and my Grandfather George: William also died in the war.
Paul Kiddle
| Reg number | 745108 |
| Name | Kiddle, Charlie |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/11/1905 |
| Date of Death | 6/28/1975 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | London, England |
| Address | Cresswell, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 11/8/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 11/8/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | flat feet, debility, |
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| Died other | |
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| Wounded | |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | yes |
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| Vimy | |
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| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th to CCAC to 4th res to |
| Other details | A Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
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| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 