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Rfmn. Charles Robert "Charlie" Green
British Army 12th(Service) Division King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Stepney, London
Charles Robert Green (Born 17.3.1885) enlisted in HM Army on 10th September 1914. He served in the 12th Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifles and went to France on 23rd July 1915 having sung a solo at the service at Winchester Cathedral before the troop departed for France.
He was wounded at Fleurbaix on 15th November 1915 but because he could not be removed from the battlefield for several days he got gangrene in his leg and his right leg was amputated on November 28th 1915 at Boulogne. He was in King George V Hospital for rehabilitation and had a tin-leg fitted at Roehampton Hospital. He was discharged the Army on 28th June 1916 (As recorded in the Family Bible by his wife Alice Sarah Green)
He subsequently worked on the railways and died on 24th December 1957

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