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Name: Michael Robert Mitchison CHARLTON
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: M R M Service No.: 204557
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Age at Death: 0
Unit: 1st Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Thursday 17th October 1918
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Battle/Campaign: Final advance in Picardy, France, 1918. Battle of Selle, 17th to 25th October 1918.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, France.
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Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 11th January 1919.
Family Details:
Son of Sarah and William Charlton, of Emmaville, West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Brother of William.
Notes : Michael had enlisted in the colours at Chopwell, Co. Durham.
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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