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CHARLES JOHN GIRLING

Died : 23 Oct 1916
Rank : Second Lieutenant
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Surname: GIRLING
Forename: CHARLES JOHN
Initials: C J
Date of Birth 1897
Place of BirthBirstall, Yorkshire
Place of Birth Source1911 Census
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Schools attended In 1911 census he is a student at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire.
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Family (parents and grandparents)Son of John Girling of "Chaseborough", Verwood, Wimborne, Dorset and the late Bertha Louisa Girling nee Rhodes
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NotesHis mother died in 1917, in Salisbury, age 44 Kelly’s 1915 Cranborne entry gives his father as “Surgeon, Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for Wimborne & Cranborne Union". Along with an entry as ‘Certifying Factory Surgeon’.
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Service facts
Age at death19
Date of death 23 Oct 1916
Regiment at deathHampshire Regiment
Battalion at death1st Bn.
Rank at deathSecond Lieutenant
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Field of action at death
Place of deathFrance
Location of graveThiepval Memorial
PositionPier and Face 7 C and 7 B.
Other memorialsCranborne Memorial and Ss. Mary and Bartholomew Church
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