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Private CHARLES COY

Service Number: S/9948
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE

Sp. Mem. E. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rachel Limley (formerly Coy), of 14, Clyde St., Lower Broughton, Manchester, and the late Charles Coy.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE WAS DESIRED BUT GOD DID SEE ETERNAL REST WAS BEST FOR THEE. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 197
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