Charles Murray Lightfoot
(1889-1918)
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Private Charles Murray Lightfoot, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Charles Murray Lightfoot, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Scotian
AI summary of the September 1918 battles involving the Canadian Expeditionary Forces 44th Battalion
Gravestone, Private Charles Murray Lightfoot, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Nord-de-Pas-Calais, France
Gravestone, Private Charles Murray Lightfoot, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Nord-de-Pas-Calais, France
Names of the two Lightfoot brothers recorded in the Canadian Book of Remembrance
Sibling List
10011 Elk Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
9314 Yale Ave., Cleveland, OH, adddress given on WWI draft registration
Charles Murray Lightfoot
Charles Murray Lightfoot
[C. M. Lightfoot, as the name was recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, appears to be Cleveland soldier Charles Murray Lightfoot who died in WWI, and whose profile is below. He was a U. S. resident who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. His younger brother, John Howard Lightfoot, who also died in WWI, is profiled elsewhere on this website.]
[C. M. Lightfoot, as the name was recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, appears to be Cleveland soldier Charles Murray Lightfoot who died in WWI, and whose profile is below. He was a U. S. resident who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. His younger brother, John Howard Lightfoot, who also died in WWI, is profiled elsewhere on this website.]
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 9/16/1889, Cumberland, Maryland [Maryland was recorded as his birthplace on U.S. draft registration. London, England was recorded as his birthplace on Canadian Attestation papers.]
Birth: 9/16/1889, Cumberland, Maryland [Maryland was recorded as his birthplace on U.S. draft registration. London, England was recorded as his birthplace on Canadian Attestation papers.]
Address: 10011 Elk Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; parents' address 9314 Yale Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; religion Methodist; occupation Driver at City Ice Delivery Co. Station #18, Cleveland, OH; reported 6 years of prior military service; per Canadian Attestation papers occupation Machinist
Appearance: Height 5'6", Weight 150 lbs., Complexion fair, Eyes blue, Hair light brown, appendectomy scar, mole right flank
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917 U.S. draft date; 12/29/1917 Canadian Attestation date; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917 U.S. draft date; 12/29/1917 Canadian Attestation date; Private
Service Number: 2355958
Deployment: 1/27/1918 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard SS Scotian
Action: served in the 44th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario aka New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Death: September 28, 1918 at age 29 after a gunshot wound to the abdomen on September 27, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Death: September 28, 1918 at age 29 after a gunshot wound to the abdomen on September 27, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Burial: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Nord-de-Pas-Calais, France, Grave IV.B.4, inscription on gravestone reads: HE FOUGHT TO SERVE OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE. His name, and that of his brother John Howard Lightfoot, are also recorded on page 449 of the Canadian Book of Remembrance.
Burial: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Nord-de-Pas-Calais, France, Grave IV.B.4, inscription on gravestone reads: HE FOUGHT TO SERVE OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE. His name, and that of his brother John Howard Lightfoot, are also recorded on page 449 of the Canadian Book of Remembrance.
Next of Kin: John K. Lightfoot, father, 10011 Elk Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: John K. Lightfoot, father, 10011 Elk Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: The Lightfoot family lost two sons in WWI, brothers who died 26 days apart in September, 1918.
Father: John Kuhn Lightfoot (1861-1932), born Pennsylvania of ancesters who lived in Pennsylvania since at least the early 1800's; occupations included Pattern Maker and Foundry Moulder; buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Elmira Phoebe Simons Lightfoot (1866-1956), born Pennsylvania of ancestors who lived in Bedford County, PA since at least the 1700's, a great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War with General George Washington at Valley Forge [as per a notation on findagrave.com], had at least 5 children, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left, which may be incomplete.
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