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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Who Died in the Great War

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Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   C

(26 officers)

 

CANTAN, Henry Thomas

Lieutenant Colonel, CMG.   Commanding Officer 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th April 1916.   Aged 47.

 

CARNE, Maxwell Halford

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Died of wounds in Malta on 23rd December 1916.   Age 26.

 

CARTER, John Alan

Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd April 1917.   Aged 24.

 

CARUS-WILSON, Trevor

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, TD, MiD**.   Commanding Officer 1/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 27th March 1918.   Aged 48.

 

CHALLONER, Alan Crawhall

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 30th July 1915.   Aged 23.

 

CHAPPEL, William Eldon

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 58th (Reserve) Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Accidentally killed whilst flying in Egypt on 4th April 1917.   Aged 20.

 

CHAPPLE, Reginald Charles

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 12th April 1918.   Aged 30.

 

CHARD, Thomas Norman

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd April 1917.   Aged 20.

 

CHILCOTT, Gilbert George Cardew

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th April 1917.   Aged 19.

 

CHILWELL, Eric Robert

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th September 1916.   Aged 26.

 

CHURCH, Walter

Major.   Retired List.   Died of illness in UK on 17th June 1920.   Aged 52.

 

CHURCH, Walter Harry

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 95th Trench Mortar Battery.   Killed in action in France on 23 July 1916.   Aged 20.

 

CLARKE, Gerald Foulkes

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 6th October 1917.   Aged 27.

 

CLARKE, Gordon Elstone

Second Lieutenant, MC.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 28th August 1916.   Aged 20.

 

CLARKE, Henry Charles

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 48th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 6th July 1917.   Aged 20.

  

COBBETT, Arthur Irvin Brooke

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd August 1918.   Aged 19.

 

COCKING, Frank Stennett

Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Aged 21.

 

COLLEY, Archibald

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 14th March 1915.   Aged 24.

 

COLLINS, Alfred John

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th September 1918.   Aged 20.

 

COLLINS, Percival George Frank

Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th August 1916.   Aged 24.

 

COOMBE, Leslie Clarence

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th March 1918.   Aged 21.

 

COOMBE, William John

Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st October 1916.   Aged 35.

 

CRANE, Charles Edward

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 18th September 1914.   Aged 22.

 

CROUCH, Foster Brooke

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd March 1918.   Aged 36.

 

CROUCH, George Percy

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Aged 20.

 

CRUDDAS, Sandwith George Peter

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 20th September 1915.   Aged 20.

 

 

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