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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Besley Charles Robert Ingram
|Army number=37810
|Rank=Major
|Decorations=M.B.E., M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945.
|Date of birth=
|Age=34
|Unit=Posted 9th Bn RNF. Killed in Action 14/2/1942.
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=
|Died/Killed in action=14/2/1942.
|Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley and Edith Besley. Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. Buried grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery.
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 |Rank=Major
 |Decorations=M.B.E. (Military Division) gazetted 7/3/1941.  M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945.
-|Date of birth=1908 at Totland, Isle of Wight.
+|Date of birth=1907 at Totland, Isle of Wight.
 |Age=34 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Cadet - Durham School Contingent ACF.  Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 25/3/1927.
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 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1942.  Interred 23/5/1942 at Hill 105, North West Junction of Thompson and Braddell Roads.
 Re-Buried 23/5/1946 Grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.
-|Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley (died 7/5/1940) and Edith Besley.  On 1911 Census in Portsmouth.  Resident in Monkseaton 1936.
+|Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley (1869 - died 7/5/1940) and Edith Besley (1884 - 1970).  On 1911 Census in Portsmouth.  Resident in Monkseaton 1936.  Married 22/12/1938 to Kate Patricia Wood (1912 - 2007) in Blackpool, Lancashire.  Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
 Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=No - killed in action before the force was surrendered.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1942.  Interred 23/5/1942 at Hill 105, North West Junction of Thompson and Braddell Roads.
- Re-Buried grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.
+Re-Buried 23/5/1946 Grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.
 |Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley (died 7/5/1940) and Edith Besley.  On 1911 Census in Portsmouth.  Resident in Monkseaton 1936.
 Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
 }}

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 |Army number=37810
 |Rank=Major
-|Decorations=M.B.E., M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945.
+|Decorations=M.B.E. (Military Division) gazetted 7/3/1941.  M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=1908 at Totland, Isle of Wight.
 |Age=34 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Posted 9th Bn RNF.  Killed in Action 14/2/1942.
+|Unit=Cadet - Durham School Contingent ACF.  Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 25/3/1927.
-|Company/Battery=
+Posted 9th Battalion RNF.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  Killed in Action - Singapore - 14/2/1942.
-|Task or role=
+|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
-|Promotions=
+|Task or role=Company Commander?
-|Wounded=
+|Promotions=Lieutenant, Captain, Major.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=14/2/1942.
+|Prisoner of War=No - killed in action before the force was surrendered.
-|Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley and Edith Besley.  Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.  Buried grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1942.  Interred 23/5/1942 at Hill 105, North West Junction of Thompson and Braddell Roads.
 }}