217815 Pte. Charles Depper British Army 1/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.13th Sep 1916) Pte.Charles Depper served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.He was executed for desertion on 13th September 1916 aged 30 and is buried in the Beauval Communal Cemetery in Beauval, France, Row G. 1
He had been sent to France as a reinforcement to the Battalion. Early in August 1916 he deserted his comrades prior to an attack on the Somme. The battalion had moved forward to line east of Ovillers on 13th August . Attack on Skyline Trench driven back on 14th August . Bombing attack north of Ovillers 18th/19th August with objective held. Leaving his rifle and equipment in the reserve trenches at Ovillers on the 13th, Pte. Depper made his way to Amiens, only to be arrested the same day. He told the Military Police that he was on his way to Rouen to catch the boat for England as he was tired of serving in the trenches.
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