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Private CHARLES LOUIS RATCHFORD

Service Number: 113508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. A. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Louisa Ratchford, of 70, Seaford Rd., West Ealing, London, England.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON MY LOVELY BOY SO BRAVE MOTHER'S THOUGHTS ARE EVER AT THY GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 309
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