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Captain CHARLES CYRIL PONTIN TANNER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

157th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XI. K. 1.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 29th Mountain Bty. Indian Mountain Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Ann Tanner. He left England as a Subaltern in June, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription A DEARLY LOVED SON BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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