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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Captain Charles Augustus RING - Royal Army Medical Corps

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Killed in Action on Tuesday October 29th 1918 aged 39

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Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Brinklow Cemetery
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
28 Oct 1915 in Salonika ~ Brinklow
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place EnlistedOther War Memorials
Died of Influenza (Spanish Flu) 28 Jul 1915 - Commissioned as a Lieutenant  
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 
The Lodge, Brinklow Imperial Yeomanry  
     

Previous Military Service

Charles served in South Africa as Trooper 4764 in the 50th (2nd Hampshire) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and earned the Queens South Africa medal and 5 Clasps

Circumstances of Death

Charles was Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 28 Jul 1915 and was posted to Salonika arriving there on 28 Oct 1915. Charles served for around 2 years before returning to his GP's practice in Brinklow. He contracted and subsequently died of Influenza at his home in Brinklow.


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBaptism Date/Place
17 Sep 1879 at Bickley, Kent  
   
Parents NamesAbode
Augustus Richard and Emily Elizabeth Ring
   
Wife and Marriage DetailsChildren
Grace Edith Ring nee Strutt  Gladys M. born 1905  |  Leslie E.E. born 1907
Apr Qtr 1903 at Wandsworth  Dorothy H. born 1910
   
SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History
1881 - The Hollies, South Park, Sevenoaks 1891 - Scholar
1891 - Sea View, New Road, St Helens IOW 1896 - Student Doctor at Guy's Hospital
1896 - Guys Hospital, London 1901 - Trooper in Imperial Yeomanry
1901 - South Africa? 1911 - Physician & Surgeon
1911 - The Lodge, Brinklow   
1918 - The Lodge, Brinklow