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Corporal CHARLES ALBERT BACKSHALL

Service Number: D/8408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1941

Age 57 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THETFORD CEMETERY

Plot F. Row L. Grave 395.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Backshall; husband of Rose Ellen Backshall, of Thetford. Also served in The Rifle Brigade in the 1914-1918 War.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBERED AS A GOOD SOLDIER AND A GOOD MAN BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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