Private Charles Midgeley
448 Royal Army Medical Corps
2/2nd E.L.F.A.
Drowned on the Royal Edward 13th August 1915, aged 21
Lived at 23 Duke Street, Harle Syke
Commemorated on the Briercliffe
Cenotaph
Commemorated on the Helles
Memorial, Turkey
Burnley Express 4th September 1915
Brother
in Law TS/18205 Thomas McCormick
MM 1sr Cameron Highlanders, killed 29th October 1918
Charles's
sweetheart was said to be an actress with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
and the two photographs opposite are in a private collection along with
a lock of Auburn hair and the note below. It simply ends "With Love"
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