CHILD David Leslie 2/Lt

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Surname: CHILD;

Forename(s): David Leslie;

Initials: DL;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Harringay;

Previous Battalion: 2 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 169 Coy;

Date abroad: 24-Apr-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 11-Sep-1916;

Other Data: b. 21/3/1888
Estate value £904/10/-d
documents in service file confirm attachment to 169 MG Coy at time of death.
War Diary 169 Coy, 9/9/1916: "2/Lt DL Child wounded (subsequently died) in trench by Falfemont Farm - gun destroyed - team wounded."

University of London
Narrative Lieutenant, London Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps. Son of Mr and Mrs E. Child of Sawbridgeworth. Died of wounds in France on rah September 1916. Buried at Corbie.;

Other Notes: BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, Bray-sur-Somme, I, C, 37
NOK: Ernest & Ellen Child, 7 Harringay Villas, Green Lanes, Wood Green, later of Ivy Villa, Bethinge Rd, Herne Bay, Kent;

Related National Archives files: WO374/13512;

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