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Surname: BARGH
Forename(s): Charles
Place of Birth: Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire
Service No: 51508
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 21st (Service) Battalion. (6th City)
Division: 7th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-10-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 120 to 124.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: THORNTON-IN-LONSDALE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Bargh was the son of Samuel and Agnes Bargh, née Townson. Samuel was born at Cantsfield and Agnes at Wray, Lancashire.
1891 Cowan Bridge, Lancashire Census: Park House Farm - Charles Bargh, aged 3 years, born Burrow-with-Burrow [Civil Parish], Lancashire, son of Samuel and Agnes Bargh.
1901 Mansergh, Westmorland Census: Rigmaden Farm - Charles Bargh, aged 13 years, born Tunstall, Lancashire, son of Samuel and Agnes Bargh.
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Clifford Hall, Low Bentham - Charles Bargh, aged 23 years, born Burrow, Lancashire, son of Samuel and Agnes Bargh.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles Bargh, 51508, Manch. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Charles Bargh, 51508, 21st Manch. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Bargh, 51508, 21 Manchester. Date and Place of Death: On or since 4.10.17. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Samuel. £10 2s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Charles not found.
Charles was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October.
The informal title of the 21st (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment (6th City) was the 6th Manchester Pals.
A short biography of Charles is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Manchester Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division
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Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
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06 December 1918
HIGHER BENTHAM - Casualties
Mr. Samuel Bargh, of Ingleborough View, has received word from the War Office that his youngest son, who was reported missing last spring, is still missing and must be considered dead.
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06 December 1918
Bentham Prisoner of War
News has reached Mr. James Thompson that his son Corpl. James Thompson, of the Manchesters, who was reported missing two weeks ago, is wounded and a prisoner of war; and Mr. Samuel Bargh, of Ingleborough View, has received word from the War Office that his youngest son, who was reported missing last spring, is still missing and must be considered dead.
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