Captain Carleton Carrol Green

1888 - 1916  (28 years)

• Name	Carleton Carrol Green
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	20 Jun 1888	Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  	Green, Carleton Carroll Captain. Enlisted with the Algonquin Rangers (97th Regiment), in December 1914. Transferred to 37th Battalion and to 13th Montreal Highlanders. Presbyterian. Born at Parkhill, Ontario June 20, 1888, educated at Galt Collegiate Institute. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler Green of Kitchener, Ontario. He married Mabel McKinnon of Haileybury, Ontario and has two children. He was a newspaper man of the North Country, being mining editor of the Cobalt Daily Nugget. He went overseas with 37th Battalion in 1915 and was in the trenches early in 1916. He was killed in action at Courcelette September 26, 1916 and buried with his major and the Colonel of his battalion with full military honors.1a 1aGreen, Carleton Carroll: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2836767/data?n=2
  		Green,CarltonC.-Ww1.jpg
  Military	1914	WW1   [5]
  	WW1, 97th Regiment, Service #409618
  Military	1914	WW1   [6]
  	WW1, Captain, 37th Battalion / 13th Battalion
  Name	Carl Green
  Residence	Haileybury, Nippissing District, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-26828P
  Died	26 Sep 1916	Courcelette, , Picardie, France   [2, 7]
  Buried	Albert Communal Cemetery, Extension, Albert, , Picardie, France   [2]
  Person ID	I26828	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James Wheeler Green,   b. 10 Jun 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1939  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Frances Cecilia Croll,   b. 25 Mar 1865, Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario ,   d. 1950  (Age 84 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1887	Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario   [8]
  Family ID	F7014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel,   b. Nov 1890, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F51903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Carleton Carroll Green Grace Schmidt Room of Local History digital collection
  		Green,CarltonC.-Ww1-001.jpg source Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 21500-1888 Carleton Carrel Green. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Green / James Wheeler Green / 1849-1939 / his beloved wife / Frances Cecelia Croll / 1865-1950 / Capt. Carleton C. Green, son / 1888-1916 / buried in France / Erma L. Green (Parks) dau. 1890-1981 [Union Jack] [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-6 Page 11. [S2338] Census - Canada - 1911, Nipissing Sub-Districts 44-116, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,511. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S2443] Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948. Carleton Carroll Green Death Date: 26 Sep 1916 Rank: Captain Unit: 13th Battalion Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Cemetery Location: France Burial Place: France "Killed in Action". During a heavy enemy bombardment around Courcelette, he was in the Headquarters Dugout when a heavy shell struck and demolished it. An explosion occurred at the same time and he was killed by asphyxiation and the falling debris. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration), 005315.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jun 1888 - Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - - Haileybury, Nippissing District, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Sep 1916 - Courcelette, , Picardie, France Buried - - Albert Communal Cemetery, Extension, Albert, , Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth