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Cale Claude Charles Private 35872

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/6841

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SKR/DAT/IP/6841
Title
Cale Claude Charles Private 35872
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: Cale;

Forename(s): Claude Charles;

Initials: CC;

Number: 35872;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Melton, Suffolk;

Enlisted in: Ipswich Woodbridge, Suffolk;

Enlistment Date: 03-Feb-1916;

Resided in: Woodbridge;

Previous Number: 24404;

Previous Regiment: Suffolk Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 12-May-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 15 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 15 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 5 Bn;

Date abroad: 31-Jul-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: DOW;

Where: UK;

When killed: 16-Jul-1918;

Other Data: b 1897
WO363(FMP)
MH106 - 14FA Apr-May 1918 - 27/4/1918 - gsw thigh, leg and left arm
wounded during German counter attack 27/4/1918 - see war diary 5 Bn
War Office Casulty List 18/6/1918 (GALE);

Other Notes: CALE, Private, CLAUDE CHARLES, 35872. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 16th July 1918. At far end, right of path. Melton Cemetery - Suffolk, United Kingdom.
NOK: Parents - James & Amelia Cale, Rectory Lodge, Melton.
NB: serving with 5 Bn when wounded;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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Cale Claude Charles Private 35872