His story
Charles Kerse lived in Berwick, Scotland. He held the rank of lance corporal in the Army Veterinary Corps, with his unit recorded as “28th Div. Inf. Bde.”
His medal record gives 18 January 1915 as his first qualifying service in France. Charles died on 18 March that year, aged 23. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
Before the war
- Residence recorded
- Berwick
- Family
- Charles Kerse
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Lance Corporal
- Service number
- SE/2150
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 28th Div. Inf. Bde
- Theatre of war
- France, 18 January 1915
Medals and commemoration
- 1914–15 Star
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 18 March 1915
- Age
- 23
- Place of death
- France
- Recorded cause
- Pneumonia
- Cemetery or memorial
- Bailleul Communal Cemetery
- Grave reference
- J. 36.
Connected men
- Albert Edward William DEVINEAlso buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 15
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Charles Kerse”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/kerse-charles-se-2150/.
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