Charles Alfred Wass ca 1892 – October 1, 1918, 865750 52 Batt, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Norma’s Note: I came upon these letters during an investigation into my family history and felt bound to find out something about Charles. Charles was a Barnardo child sent to Canada aboard the SS Southwark in 1905. He landed in Quebec on July 1, 1905 at age 13. Charles’ will names my grandfather Norman Franklin Cloes as his sole heir and lists him as “friend”. Charles died on October 1, 1918 and is buried in Chambrai France according to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He is not forgotten.
Submitted by Norma Cloes Gelinas
I found Charles’ in the online CEF database. Here is his information for anyone wanting to search this further WASS , CHARLES ALFRED
Lorine
Regimental number 865750
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10113 – 53
Charles is buried in the Canada Cemetery in Tilloy-les-Cambrai, a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai, France.
He is also commemorated on Page 519 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Charles Wass Collection
Wass, Charles letter 1 written from the battlefield in France to his friend Norman Cloes in Ontario ca 1917
Wass, Charles letter 2 written from the battlefield in France to his friend Norman Cloes in Ontario ca 1917
Wass, Charles letter 3 written from the battlefield in France to his friend Norman Cloes in Ontario July 14 ca 1917
Wass, Charles letter 4 written from hospital in England to his friend Norman Cloes in Ontario ca 1917
Wass, Charles letter 5 written to his friend Norman Cloes in Ontario 19 Sept. 1918