16 May 2011 With all the recent Remembrance Day activity, I remembered that my wife had an uncle who was killed in action in WW1, and decided to do a little digging in our old treasure chest of family keepsakes. I remember finding some information one time that related to a Charles Williamson from the ‘ 54th Kootenay Battalion’. So I dug this up and thought I should pass along to whoever may be interested. We do not know much about Charles, other than a barely readable letter he wrote to his mother in Guelph from ‘somewhere in Belgium’ before he was killed. I would have sent the letter along also, but as I said, it is in poor condition, written in pencil and difficult to read. I believe Charles is buried in France and as the shell states; he was killed on March 1st, 1917. If you know of any more information relating to Charles, and the circumstances leading up to and after that day, we would appreciate hearing about it. Respectfully, Claus Christiansen |
