Name |
Charles Selwyn AWDRY DSO |
Rank/Number |
Major |
Regiment |
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 6th Battalion |
Enlisted |
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Age/Date of death |
41 24 Mar 1918 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action France & Flanders |
Last known address |
Hitchambury Manor, Taplow |
Cemetery |
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France |
Grave or Memorial Reference |
Panel 6 |
Location of memorial |
Hitcham (near Taplow) War Memorial |
Date/Place of birth |
23 Mar 1877 St George Bloomsbury, London |
Date/Place of baptism |
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Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
partner in WH Smith, newsagent |
Parents |
Charles & Margaret Helen Awdry |
Parent's occupation |
wholesale & retail bookseller, newsagent |
Parents' Address (last known) |
Notton, Wilts formerly Manor House, Market Lavington |
Wife |
Constance Lilias Awdry nee Bateson |
Wife's Address (last known) |
Hitchambury, Taplow |
Notes |
formerly R Wiltshire Yeomary. Served in Boer War. Also named on MCC War Memorial at Lords Cricket Ground |