APPERLEY Charles Milton 2/Lt

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APPERLEY Charles Milton 2/Lt

2000-2024

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Surname: APPERLEY;

Forename(s): Charles Milton;

Initials: CM;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Blackburn;

Enlistment Date: 10-Dec-1915;

Resided in: Clitheroe;

Previous Number: 60316;

Previous Battalion: 28 of;

Previous Regiment: R Fus;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 51 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 152 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 51 Bn;

Date abroad: 28-Jul-1917;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 28-Mar-1918;

Other Data: also served as TR10/60316 164th TR Bn
POW: 24/3/1918 - died 28/3/1918
Casualty Form: 28/7/1917 disembarked. 29/7/1917 to Base Depot, Camiers. 6/8/1917 to join 152 Coy. 14/8/1917 joined in the field. 31/12-14/1/1918 leave to UK. 16/1/1918 rejoined. 1/3/1918 to 3 CCS (Impetigo) 15/3/1918 discharged to duty. 21/3/1918 - wounded and missing.
Born: 22/4/1888, father: clergyman, Salthill, Clitheroe, Lancs. Educ: Blackburn Gr Sch. Occ: Bank Clerk. Attested 10/12/1915. Mobilized 21/7/1916. Posted TR Bn 1/9/1916. 1/2/1917 to Off Cadet Bn.
2/Lt Charles Milton Apperley, No 152 Coy MGC, att Gordon Highlanders, died 24/3/1918. Report : "wounded in the back 23/3/1918 (thought to be in the neighborhood of Arras) carried to a shell-hole and left with stretcher bearers who intended carrying him to a dug-out, with a view to a medical officer giving attention to the wounds already temporarily dressed. Conscious when left with stretcher bearers. Nothing heard since. I shall be extremely grateful for anything you can do. Yrs faithfully, HW Apperley.
Letter, 24/7/1918, from War Office to: JM Apperley, Fernlea,Ramsgate Road, Wilpshire, Blackburn "Sir, I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that the following report concerning 2/Lt CM Apperley 51 Bn MGC reported wounded and missing 24/3/1918 (prev report w. & Msg 21/31918) appears in an official German list of dead from a Field Hospital received through the GenevaRed Cross Society - "Disc sent in by the Central Office for effects on 26/4/1918 - forwarded from Field Hospital" - In view of this report and the lapse of time since he was reported wounded and missing without further news of him being received, the Army Council are now regretfully constrained to conclude that 2/Lt Apperley died on or shortly after 24/3/1918"
Letter to Mil Sec, War Office 24/7/1918 from JM Apperley: re 2Lt CM Apperley "I desire to intimate to you that information has been received from the Queen Victoria jubilee Fund Asscn (Enquiries Branch, Geneva, under date 3/7/1918 that the above died from wounds in the Field Hospital at Bouchain, date not given. Will you kindly note?
Probate: CM Apperley of 18 Salt Hill Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs. Grantee: Edward Hodges Apperley (father) Gross Value £427/18/3d.

VIC medal offered Chelsea Mil Ant Sept 2005

ICRC Ref: PA25448/30498;

Other Notes: APPERLEY, Second Lieutenant, C M, 51st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 28th March 1918. Age 30. Son of the Rev. E. H. and Mrs. Apperley, of Clitheroe, Lancs. XVI. F. 12. Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez - Pas De Calais, France.;

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