244998 Cpl. Charles Lynch British Army 1st Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers from:Erdington, Birmingham My great uncle, Charles Lynch, was a professional soldier who had served with 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in India and Burma prior to the Great War.
He was taken prisoner at Ypres on 30th of October 1914, and spent most the remainder of the war in Camp 1 of the P.O.W. camp at Munster in Westphalia, being eventually repatriated to England in March 1918. I am not sure why he was repatriated before the war's end, but suspect that it may have been for health reasons, and am currently searching records on the internet in an attempt to obtain more information. From family verbal history, I gather that he died of cancer in about 1920, at approximately 39 years of age.
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