On this day 8th April 1918 – hostile artillery was active

27179 Pte Charles Scholes was killed in action aged 19

Son of Charles and Sarah Ann Scholes of I The Roach in Stapleford, Nottingham.

Charles had enlisted underage into the 16th Battalion (Chatsworth Rifles)


8/9/18: Hostile artillery was active.

139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]

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