Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Halifax (Fairview Lawn) Cemetery | L. 423. R. 2. S. 5. G. 423. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 9A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | British War Medal | ||
Family :
Charles Berringer was born 10 April 1869 in St Margaret’s Bay, Halifax County, and is the son of William Charles Berringer and Susan Harnish of 69, Shirley St., Halifax. He married Mary “May” Alice Berringer and they lived at 49 Almond Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 63rd Regiment (Halifax Rifles) Canadian Militia |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
Service Numbers: 414137 and 4361.
He joined the 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force on 26 April 1915 and was Struck off Strength on 22 May 1915 in Halifax. He was a Band Sergeant in the 63rd Regiment, who died suddenly of "dilatation of the heart, following acute Pneumonia" while serving in Halifax on 9 February 1916. He is buried in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax.
He was awarded the British War Medal.
Their son is Thomas Lloyd Berringer, who was born on 1st December, 1893 in Fredericton NB (they lived at 49 Almon St in Halifax, NS), and he married Daisy Gertrude Sheehan in 1919 in Halifax.
He is commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal Standard No. 398 E.C. | Montreal & Halifax |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
11th February 1908 | 24th March 1908 | 31st March 1908 |
The names of those brethren who fell are taken from the monument formerly located in the foyer of the Masonic Hall on Barrington Street, which now resides in the banquet room of the Masonic Hall on Coronation Avenue in Halifax, NS.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley