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Second Lieutenant CHARLES W. BACKWELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 June 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE

II. F. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. "X" 35th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert F. and Maria Backwell, of 43, Haworth St., Beverley Rd., Hull.
  • Personal Inscription IN SWEET AND UNFADING MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 1008
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