CHARLES JOHN GIRLING
- Died: 23 Oct 1916
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
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- Died: 23 Oct 1916
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
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Personal
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- Surname: GIRLING
- Forename: CHARLES JOHN
- Initials: C J
- Date of Birth: 1897
- Place of Birth: Birstall, Yorkshire
- Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
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- Schools attended: In 1911 census he is a student at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire.
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- Family (parents and grandparents): Son of John Girling of "Chaseborough", Verwood, Wimborne, Dorset and the late Bertha Louisa Girling nee Rhodes
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- Notes: His mother died in 1917, in Salisbury, age 44 Kelly’s 1915 Cranborne entry gives his father as “Surgeon, Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for Wimborne & Cranborne Union". Along with an entry as ‘Certifying Factory Surgeon’.
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- Source: 1911 Census
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Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 19
- Date of death: 23 Oct 1916
- Regiment at death: Hampshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 1st Bn.
- Rank at death: Second Lieutenant
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- Place of death: France
- Location of grave: Thiepval Memorial
- Position: Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B.
- Other memorials: Cranborne Memorial and Ss. Mary and Bartholomew Church
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