Hedgeland Charles Samuel Lieut

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Surname: Hedgeland;

Forename(s): Charles Samuel;

Initials: CS;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 10 of;

Previous Regiment: Worcs Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 33 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 98 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 33 Bn;

Date abroad: 26-Apr-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 17-Apr-1918;

Awarded: MID;

Other Data: Promoted to Lt war diary 98 Coy 3/10/1916
with 33 Bn 9/2/1918 - section officer
War Diary (narrative of operations 33 Bn Apr 1918: "On the 17th whilst performing very fine reconnaissance, Lieut Hedgeland was shot by a sniper"
University of London
Narrative Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. B.A., University College and London Day Training College. Son of Mr C. J. Hedgeland of Fulham. Killed in action during an enemy advance near Bailleul on 1917th April 1918. Buried near Armentieres.
Red Cross Enquiry Card PA27005/28332
photo: GS archives;

Other Notes: HEDGELAND, Lieutenant, CHARLES SAMUEL, Mentioned in Despatches, 33rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Killed in action 17th April 1918. Age 25. Son of Charles John and Sarah Jane Hedgeland; husband of Dorothy Ellen Hedgeland, of 50, North Side, Wandsworth Common, London. Enclosure No.4 IV. B. 8. Bedford House Cemetery - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
MID LG: 22/05/1917 (dated 9/4/1917) France;

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