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Also Charles Ernest their son
Died of wounds Gallipoli 1916
In his 19th year
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St Andrew Backwell
Somerset
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Charles Ernest
Dyer
1897
Carhampton, Somerset
3rd January 1916
Died of wounds received in Gallipoli on board HMHS Oxfordshire in the evacuation of the peninsula
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Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta
First World War
Acting Bombardier
66th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
C Battery
The 66th RFA were one of the last off Gallipoli when troops were withdrawn in January 1916 amid ongoing heavy shelling
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