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Second Lieutenant CHRISTOPHER HERBERT COUNSELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. A. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Edward and Helen Counsell, of 37, Broad St., Oxford. Born at Liss, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription LANCING TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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