Digitized Service Record
Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Charles Herbert Williams was born in June 1872, in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, David Williams, was 22 and his mother, Malissa Ann Finch, was 21. He married Zillah Worsley on 20 April 1905, in Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Sarnia, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1898. In 1931, at the age of 59, his occupation is listed as income in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 12 June 1943, in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
Private Charles Herbert Williams, reg. no. 124007.
This man was enlisted with the 70th Battalion at Sarnia, Ontario on 8 October 1915.
He claimed to have served in the US Army during the Spanish American War.
He was an acid stirrer following the Wesleyan faith.
He arrived in England on 5 May 1916 aboard the SS Lapland
He was transferred to the 39th Battalion and reverted to the rank of private and was drafted to the 18th Battalion on 27 August 1916.
Arriving “in the field” with the 18th Battalion on 16 September 1916 he served until attached to the 4th Company of the Canadian Engineers effective 112 November 1916 and he rejoined the 18th Battalion on 16 December 1916.
He received 14 days leave on 8 November 1917 and was granted a special leave to visit next-of-kin in hospital at Le Treport, France on 6 October 1918. He returned from that leave on 10 October 1918.
He was granted another leave for 14 days on 2 November 1918.
He returned to the 18th Battalion and was demobilized at London, Ontario on 24 May 1919.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 