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Private CHARLES HERBERT JOHN BLIGHT

Service Number: 14842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

IV. E. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Simon and Annie Blight, of 374, Cowbridge Rd., Canton, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE HE GAVE FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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