And all for 25 cents a day

[Si1964]

Hi Des,

Thanks for sharing this story with us

[MerchantSeaman]

it is a sad story and at the same time a beautiful collection of documentation

[Greeves]

Des:
A very sad story, indeed, but how nice that it is preserved and Pte Claeys is still being remembered to this day!

Interesting that a boy from Chatham (Southwestern Ontario - about 2 hours west of Toronto) ended up in the Cape Breton Highlanders...

[SHEARING-CROSS]

Hiya ,nice lot DES ,thanks for showing , regards ,Michael.

letter from the padre... Sorry I know its a bit hard to read but I was`nt allowed to post a larger scan of it.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Thanks for showing Des

It is a great piece of sad history

[JimW]

Thank you, I appreciated reading through the documents. It brings the young man back to us for a few minutes.

Jim

[DJT]

Thanks for the comments guys. Its weird but having those photos and documents makes me feel like I know him in a way. I think it will be quite powerful to visit his grave in italy. When I do so, I will update the thread.

[RQMS CBH]

Very nice thread

Incredible thread, would it be possible to obtain copies for the Cape Breton Regimental Museum. i am currently serving with the CBH and would like to ensure that this young soldiers memory is preserved there.


RQMS CBH

Thanks for the comments guys. Its weird but having those photos and documents makes me feel like I know him in a way. I think it will be quite powerful to visit his grave in italy. When I do so, I will update the thread.

[paddywhack]

and here he is listed on the commonwealth war graves site!

http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-d...LAEYS,%20RAMIE

very interesting and very sad story! its great that the documents are all still together after all these year! thanks for posting!

[Tobysauer]

Gone but not forgotten.

[David F]

What a fantstic thread Des.Many thanks for sharing it with us .

[byterock]

Des:

Interesting that a boy from Chatham (Southwestern Ontario - about 2 hours west of Toronto) ended up in the Cape Breton Highlanders...

He trained in Ipperwash so the connection might be that

I think the pay document would be his 'field-pay' and not his regular pay. I memory serves me correctly a pvt pay was about $1.30~1.50