Ingham Charles Pte 4457193

Personnel Entry

Pte C Ingham's CWGC headstone.

Name Ingham Charles
Army number 4457193
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1914/15.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. Buried near this spot (Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 10), BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. No headstone inscription.
Home address Son of Robert and Mary Jane Ingham, Byker.
Source table 1TS