Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin – Canadian Infantry, C.E.F., 14th Battalion

Private Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin – Canadian Infantry, C.E.F., 14^th Battalion

Birth and Early Life

Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin was born in 1898 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Only limited official records relating to his early life and family background have survived. It is known that his mother, Mrs. Mary Prowse, was later residing at 55 Cambridge Street, Uplands, Swansea, providing a personal link between Christopher and the Swansea area.

Military Service

Christopher served as a Private with the Canadian Infantry, C.E.F., 14^th Battalion, part of the 3^rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1^st Canadian Division. The battalion saw extensive service on the Western Front, including heavy fighting during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Missing and Presumed Death

During the intense operations of September 1916, Private Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin was reported missing in action. His death was later officially recorded as 26^th September 1916, and for administrative purposes he was presumed to have died on or since 26^th September 1916. This reflects the grim reality of battlefield conditions, where men were often lost without trace amid relentless artillery fire and infantry assaults.

Commemoration

Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin
Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France
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Christopher Samuel Herbert Nadin has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France, which bears the names of Canadian soldiers who died in France and whose final resting places remain unknown.

His name on the memorial stands as a lasting reminder of a young man whose life was cut short in the chaos of the Somme, and of a mother in Swansea who was left without a grave to mourn, but whose son’s sacrifice is permanently honoured among Canada’s fallen