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Second Lieutenant CHARLES RUSSELL CHAFFEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Fonchette Chyd. Mem. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. E. Chaffey, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 376
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