Family Search: When Private Charles William Russell was born on 1 October 1880, in Brooke, Lambton, Canada West, British Colonial America, his father, James Russell, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Stevens, was 22. He lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1915 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1925. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1937, his occupation is listed as sheetmetal worker in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 7 August 1935, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 54, and was buried in Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Pte. Charles William Russell, #166226, link to attestation papers, enlisted with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion and served with the 18th Battalion from Ontario. Treated at the Highfield Hall Red Cross Hospital in Southampton.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 