Percy COLBORN, Father and Son, – Charfield

511144 or 1311144, Gunner Percy William George Colborn, 85th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Died as a Prisoner of War on the building of the Burma Railway, aged 24, 11th September 1942 Buried/Commemorated at Chungkai War Cemetery,…
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Albert and Harry HUGHES – Charfield

17778 Private Albert Alexander HUGHES 17777 Private Harry HUGHES 2ndBattalion (A Company), Gloucestershire Regiment Aged 18 and 19.  Killed in action on 9 May 1915 No known grave–commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial…
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Names inscribed on a stone memorial wall

William Henry COLBORN – Charfield

741 Private William Henry COLBORN 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Died aged 26 as a prisoner of war 23 December 1914 No known grave – commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France William Colborn was born in Charfield…
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Albert James RICHARDS, Charfield

L/4975 Private (Trooper) Albert James Richards 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers Died of wounds, aged 21, on 3 November 1914, whilst a prisoner of war. Buried in Ixelles Cemetery, Brussels Albert James Richards was born in Charfield in…
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