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Charles Brinkley

Corporal

Service No. 470289

Age 21

Died on 1 July 1916

London Regiment (The Rangers)

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Charles T. and Esther Brinkley, of 24, Alfred Rd., Paddington, London.

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D C Mellors

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CORPORAL CHARLES BRINKLEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU WERE WHEN YOU LOST YOUR LIFE IN JULY, 1916, BUT I SUSPECT YOU WERE VERY YOUNG. I OWE MY 83 YEARS OF LIFE TO YOU AND OTHER LIKE YOU, FOR WHICH I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.

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