Charles Sidney Roper was born in London, England, on 5 November 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 26 April 1916. At the time of attestation he was married to Barbara and was a gas fitter by trade.
He served with the 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 December 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the shoulder on 27 December 1916.
Recovering, he was killed in action on 1 March 1917, and is buried in Zouave Valley Cemetery, Souchez, France.
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