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Private CHARLES ERNEST TANSLEY

Service Number: 16868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. S. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Harriet Tansley, of 2, Church St., Naseby, Rugby. Native of Thornby, Northampton. His brother Albert Edward also fell.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS YOU SADLY HERE YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR KING & COUNTRY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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