B134331 Rifleman Charles Stewart Hood was born in Calgary, Alberta on 9 May 1912, the son of Thomas Hood and Agnes Russell Robertson (who both pre-deceased him.) He attended the Sunalta and Central High Schools in Calgary which Hood left at age 17 after completing junior matriculation. He had four sisters and four brothers.

Hood worked for 14 years as a teletype operator and editor with the Canadian Press in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto.

He enlisted in Toronto on 13 October 1942 having served the previous 2 months with the Canadian Army Service Corps (Reserves) in Edmonton. Hood trained in Camp Borden and arrived in the United Kingdom on 4 April 1943 where he was posted as a reinforcement to The Queen’s Own Rifles.

Rifleman Hood landed on Juno Beach with D Company on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was initially reported missing but later confirmed killed in action during the battle for Le Mesnil Patry, on 11 June 1944, aged 32.

He is buried in Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference III. D. 2.