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Pte, Charles Austin Slaney
British Army 4th Btn. Dorset Regiment
from:Cheadle, Staffordshire
(d.3rd Aug 1944)
Charles Slaney aged 24 was killed in action on the 3rd of August 1944, during the Normandy campaign. Initially buried at Le Bigne on the 3rd Aug 1944 Charles was reburied long with 20 comrades at Tilly Sur Seulles War Cemetery on the 8th Jan 1946. Tilly sur Seulles is not far from Caen.
The majority of burials here appear to be from the breakout battles and the dead were brought in from the battlefields in the vicinity for burial here in the Tilly-sur-Seulles cemetery. Buried alongside Charles Austin Slaney from the 4th Dorset's are:
4343763 Lance Corporal Gordon Francis Ball Aged 23
6143716 Lance Corporal Phillip Charles Coombs
14436851 Private William Robert Cooper Aged 18
3663782 Private George C Connor Aged 22
5735740 Lance Sergeant Charles Arthur James Dyke Aged 25