Service Details
Name:
 COMPTON
Given Name:
 CYRIL HENRY
Initials:
 C H
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 19th Bn. Manchester Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-23
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Missing, Death Presumed
Additional
Information:
Son of George William and Rosina Compton, of Silwood Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Served in German South West Africa with 2nd Transvaal Scottish Regiment. Came overseas to enlist.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 11 C.

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