Date of birth:

November 16th, 1916 (Stone/Staffordshire, England)

Date of death:

March 16th, 1945 (Germany)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: V. Row: G. Grave: 6.

Service number:

K/42319

Nationality:

Canadian

Lance Corporal
Royal Canadian Engineers
6 Field Coy.

During early March 1945, 6th Field Company continued with their support taskings of road clearing and maintenance. Bailey bridges were constructed where required. About 11 March, the unit was ordered to the Reichwald Forest area for a muchneeded rest. While they were there, they were tasked with improving a “scrambling course” for training the infantry how to fight through obstacles. In order that the infantry units using it would not be able to easily by-pass the obstacles, the sappers were going to blow additional craters. To expedite the cratering, it was decided to use some German mines that had been unearthed previously.
Unfortunately, on 16 March 1945, while carrying these mines to the site, Lance Corporal Chilton and three others were killed when one of the mines accidently exploded. No evidence was found to indicate why this happened.

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