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Oct 25, 1885
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Born in Parish of Craig,
Scotland
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Nov 16, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59320
(temporary number 68)
Ø Next of kin given
as Jack W. Fyfe, brother, 10 Erskine St., Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland
Ø Previous occupation
given as Farmer
Ø No previous
military experience given
Ø Religion given as
Church of England
o Later noted as
Presbyterian
Ø Assigned to “E”
Company
o Later reorganized
into “C” Company
Ø Employed as a Piper
in the battalion’s Pipe Band
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Oct 7, 1915
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While in the front line trench
near Messines Ridge, Belgium, Private Fyfe received a shrapnel wound to his
back and right shoulder. He was
evacuated to a nearby field ambulance for first aid
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Oct 9, 1915
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Transferred to the No. 2 CCS
(Casualty Clearing Station) for treatment
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Oct 11, 1915
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Transferred via the No. 22 AT
(Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital in
Dannes Camiers, France where surgery was performed to remove the shrapnel
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Oct 22, 1915
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Newhaven
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the Bagthorpe Military Hospital in Nottingham
Posted to the 39th
Reserve Battalion for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jan 6, 1916
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Transferred to the Canadian
Hillingdon House Convalescent Hospital in Uxbridge
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Jan 11, 1916
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Discharged from hospital
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Jun 17, 1916
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Admitted to the Moore Barracks
Military Hospital in Shorncliffe with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal
Disease Gonorrhea)
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Jun 27, 1916
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Transferred to the Bulford
General Hospital in Bulford
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Aug 22, 1916
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Discharged from hospital
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Jan 4, 1917
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Transferred to the newly
formed 6th Reserve Battalion in East Sandling. Shortly after the formation of the
battalion it moved to Seaford to continue training reinforcements for the
front
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Feb 16, 1917
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Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) and remained attached to the 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) and remained attached to the 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Sep 5, 1917
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Ceased to be attached to the 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Sep 17, 1918
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Transferred to the 3rd
CCD (Canadian Command Depot) in Seaford for duty
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Dec 7, 1918
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Ceased to be attached and
proceeded to the 1st Canadian Command Depot for duty
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Dec 13, 1918
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Ceased to be attached to the 3rd
CCD and proceeded to the Witley Depot pending return to Canada
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Dec 23, 1918
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Attached to the 1st
CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in Buxton for return to Canada
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Jan 3, 1919
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Posted to the MD #3 Casualty
Company in Kingston, Ontario
Embarked the SS Scotian in
Liverpool
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Jan 15, 1919
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Disembarked in Saint John, New
Brunswick and proceeded by train to Kingston, Ontario
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Jan 17, 1919
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Granted leave with subsistence
until January 30, 1919
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Feb 11, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Kingston, Ontario
Following his discharge the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at RR #1,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
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Jul 14, 1961
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According to the Veterans
Affairs death registration, Charles Fyfe died while a patient in the St.
Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, Ontario on July 14th. He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery there. July 24th as shown on the grave
marker may be the burial date, or simply an error on the marker that was
never corrected.
His widow, Mrs. Clara Fyfe,
gave her address as 250 Brock St, Brockville, Ontario
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