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4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
The 4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry were a Territorial unit of the Devon and Cornwall Infantry Brigade, Wessex Division. Their HQ was in Truro and the unit consisted of: A Coy (Penzance), B Coy (Camborne), C Coy was based in Falmouth, with their drill hall on the corner of Berkeley Vale and Brook Street, D Coy at Helston, E Coy (Truro), F Coy (Hayle), G Coy (Redruth) and H Coy (St Just and Pendeen). Their associated cadet company was, A Coy. 1st Cadet Battalion of Cornwall based in Falmouth.
27th Nov 1914 Stations Allocated
30th Aug 1915 Arrivals
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
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Pte. James Jewell 1/4th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry James Jewell was the Son of William George and Avis Jewell of 36 Lower Rd., Helston, Cornwall.
He was 24 when he died on the 19th February 1919 and is buried in the Foggia Communal Cemetery in Italy.
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Pte. William Goddard 1/4th Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry (d.4th May 1917) William Goddard died aged 27. He is commemorated on the Savona Memorial in the Savona Town Cemetery in Italy.
He was the son of William Goddard and husband of Edith R. Lynn (formerly Goddard, nee East) of 3 Wheatley Street, Coventry.
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Pte. William John Williams 4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (d.17th May 1915) William Williams was my wife's uncle, brother of her mother. He joined the D.C.L.I. at Bodmin, Cornwall, was posted to Flanders and was sadly killed on 17th of May 1915 aged 19 years of age. We cannot discover where he is buried, all of his relatives of that age have passed away.
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