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In memory of:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant Charles Allen Cleary

Military service

Service number: 679
Age: 21
Rank: Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division: 1ST Bn.
Birth: November 14, 1894 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment: December 14, 1914 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: July 1, 1916 Beaumont-Hamel, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: C. 42.
Additional information

Son of Philip J. and Katherine (Allen) Cleary, of 3, Monkstown Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland. Brother to Brendan, William, Josephine, Allan and John

Memorials

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 27 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)

Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY,MESNIL-MARTINSART Somme, France

The village of Mesnil is about 8 kilometres north of the town of Albert on the D129 road. The KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, which is situated in a valley among fields, is about 2 kilometres north-east of Mesnil (signposted in the centre of Mesnil). Access is by a farm track of which 1 kilometre is tarmac and 1 kilometre is dirt track (unsuitable for cars). The KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY is 200 metres from the track and no permanent grass pathway exists.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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