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Private CHARLES HENRY WHITWELL

Service Number: 21574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION

V. D. 17.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elijah and Lavinia Ann Whitwell, of 2, Ivy Cottages, High Rd., Rayleigh, Essex. His brother John Whitwell also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 873
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